... KB " Pivdenne " was enthusiastically describing a project of a manned flight to Mars . Implementation of these plans is possible around 2015-2020 , but the work must begin now . Documentation development , a rela- tively " inexpensive ...

... ( KB ' Pivdenne ' , Dnepropetrovsk , Ukraine ) . Kosmichna Nauka i Tekhnologiya , vol . 1 , no . 1 , 1995 , p . 12-34 . In Russian . The historical background and the evolution of the Yuznoye Design Bureau , one of the leading developers ...