[HIGHLIGHTS] Bill Nelson, director of NASA: "I think we will get to Mars in 2040, there are only 17 years left"

Bill Nelson, director of NASA: "I think we will get to Mars in 2040, there are only 17 years left" China has announced that it will send its taikonauts to the Moon before 2030. Nelson was a member of the U.S.

House of Representatives and later a senator from Florida between 1997 and 2009. He was also a lawyer, former Army captain and 81-year-old Democratic political veteran. He signed the Artemis Agreements to explore the Moon and Mars and promote peaceful cooperation in space.