Mars for Lessとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Mars for Less (MFL) is a proposal for a near-term human Mars expedition that involves the use of existing Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles (EELVs, or alternatively, Medium-Lift Launch Vehicles, MLLVs). The MFL plan claims that the barrier to entry for a manned Mars mission can be lowered significantly by avoiding development costs in launch vehicles, particularly heavy lift launch vehicles (HLLVs) that many think are required for human space exploration. While more complex than many other mission proposals, Mars for Less has strong economic arguments, including avoiding launch vehicle development costs, and offering the prospect of an anchor tenent for the currently over-supplied launch vehicle market, which could result in reduced launch costs and incentives to develop reusable launch technology. The MFL plan was developed by aerospace engineer Grant Bonin in 2003 when he was a student at Carleton University.