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SpaceX aims to put man on Mars in 10-20 years
It's true that using aerobraking alone for an incoming vessel from Earth landing on Mars would be infeasible. Landing with thrust, like we did on the Moon forty years ago, but also using assistance from aerobraking and parachutes, is not an issue.
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