Boots on Mars by 2050, 'The Martian' Author Says (Video)

NASA's quest to put boots on Mars will be delayed significantly by a lack of cooperation from Congress, the author of "The Martian" believes. "NASA says they can do it by 2035, and I'm sure they could, given enough funding," Andy Weir, who wrote the book that has been made into a movie starring Matt Damon, said last week in a video interview with Space.com's Dave Brody at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. "But I don't have faith in Congress to give them enough money to ma