Volta, Alessandro Alessandro Volta with his electric pile, or wet battery, in an illustration by Louis Figuier, 1870. Â© Photos.com/Thinkstock; In 1801 in Paris Volta gave a demonstration of his batteryâs generation of electric current before Napoleon, who made Volta a count and a senator of the kingdom of Lombardy.
Journey time to Mars, which is approximately 40 million miles away depending on its position in orbit, would be around 200 days. âGoing to Mars would make me feel like I am a true Star Trek officer,â said one applicant, Michael Archavian.
Obviously, if you want to travel to Mars, it would be best to do so at the point of opposition, when Mars is âonly 35-63 million miles away. That is why rocket scientists time their unmanned missions to Mars to coincide with opposition windows every 26 months. The most recent opposition window was in May 2016 and the next one will be in 2018. If you dream of one day being an astronaut on the first manned flight to Mars, be prepared for a long trip. Scientists estimate a trip to Mars and back would take 400-450 days.