President Obama is shooting for the stars—and hopes to put humans on Mars in at least 15 years. In an op-ed published Tuesday on CNN, Obama put forth his ambitious plan to send Americans to the Red Planet as soon as the 2030s.

“We have set a clear goal vital to the next chapter of America’s story in space: sending humans to Mars by the 2030s and returning them safely to Earth, with the ultimate ambition to one day remain there for an extended time,” Obama wrote in a groundbreaking column. Obama goes on to outline how a “cooperation between government and private innovators” will be necessary to achieve this revolutionary mission.(nydailynews.com)…[+]