NASA Releases , Blueprint for Future , Crewed Mars Mission.br NASA's upcoming Artemis Moon program br can be seen as a practice run for br an eventual crewed mission to Mars.br Gizmodo reports that the strategy for achieving br this daunting task was detailed in a revised list br of planning objectives for Artemis and beyond.br Gizmodo reports that the strategy for achieving br this daunting task was detailed in a revised list br of planning objectives for Artemis and beyond.br On September 20, NASA released br a blueprint for sending humans br to Mars in the not-too-distant future.br According to NASA's "Moon to Mars" strategy, br the space agency will use technology and skills acquired br in Moon missions to launch a crewed Mars mission. .br That historic mission to the Red Planet br is tentatively scheduled to launch br in the late 2030s or early 2040s.br The recently-released list of objectives spans, "multidisciplinary science, transportation br and habitation, lunar and Martian infrastructure, br operations, and a new domain: recurring tenets.".br Gizmodo reports that the document br breaks objectives down into five categories: , recurring tenets, science, infrastructure, br transportation and habitation and operations.br We’re helping to steward humanity’s br global movement to deep space, Jim Free, NASA’s associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, via Gizmodo.br The objectives will help ensure a long-term br strategy for solar system exploration can br retain constancy of purpose and weather br political and funding changes, Jim Free, NASA’s associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, via Gizmodo.br According to a NASA press release, the objectives br reflect a "matured strategy" for developing a plan for , "sustained human presence and br exploration throughout the solar system.