«If we could conduct a yearlong crewed mission on this Deep Space
Transport in cislunar space, we believe we will know enough that we could then send this thing, crewed, on a 1,000 - day mission to the Mars system and back,» Williams said.
Phase 2, which would begin
in 2027, would start with an uncrewed mission to deliver the Deep
Space Transport vehicle to cislunar space, followed by a flight to deliver the one - year crew to thefaci
Space Transport vehicle to
cislunar space, followed by a flight to deliver the one - year crew to thefaci
space, followed by a flight to deliver the one - year crew to thefacility.