But traveling to mars is more difficult It is 35 million miles away! Franklin chang Diaz a former NASA scientist is developing a rocket that will send a shuttle into space at the speed of 55 kilometers per second The trip from the Earth to mars will be released from 6 to 8 months to 39 days NASA the U.S. Space agency announced that someday people may even live on Mars.But before that happens many questions will have to be answered