So, the big argument...will China beat the US to Mars?
It might be moot. Guess who is actually in the lead right now.
The Dutch.
The...what?
To be more precise, a Dutch company, Mars One, plans on landing its first colonists as soon as 2023...using the very model I've proposed on this blog more than once: A one-way trip.
They're fairly modest, and plan for the colony to grow at a rate of four new immigrants every two years...
I'm going to give them a shout out. Even if they don't manage it, they're thinking the way we must think if we're going to become a multi-planet species - no politicians, no crying about 'risk', just going out there and doing it.
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