Humans may be able to go to Mars by 2030!

Movies like 'Gravity' and 'The Martian' may give a freaky version of life in space, one where you would have to fly to get your toothbrush, where you would be floating while sleeping and where you could get lost and never return. But with NASA on its toes to send humans comfortably to Mars by 2030, the journey shouldn't be all that bad.

In a video, NASA’s Deputy Administrator, Dr. Dava Newman, says," we are on our way to Mars. Taking people to where we have never been before."

She explains that NASA is making potential discoveries while developing new technologies needed for deep space exploration.

From solar electric propulsion, to cut travel time to a fraction of what it would be today, to next generation space suits that are well suited to provide the mobility astronauts need to explore the surfaces of other planets, NASA is striving to make the journey for humans as comfortable as possible.

The four amazing technologies NASA has currently been able to come up with are:

Solar electric propulsion: It's high power, high energy is because of acceleration that forces build up to create high energy propulsion. It uses 10 times less propellant than the conventional propulsion technologies of today and can cut short travel time to Mars to a fraction of what it would be today!

Deep space atomic clock: It helps in video navigation critical to many deep space exploration missions.

Space suit (a spacecraft all in one): Martian atmosphere is 1 per cent of Earth's atmosphere due to which humans needs their own life support system. The space suit gives maximum mobility to humans. It also provides air to breate, pressure, thermal control and flushes out carbon dioxide.

Laser communications relay demonstration project: Mars can take up to 6 to 8 months from Earth. This breakthrough technology can help in transmitting high bandwidth data back to earth. Laser communications relay demonstration is revolutionizing the way that NASA will transmit data video and other information.

​(Image credits: NASA)