Quote from: xingming on July 05, 2017, 12:46:27 AM

Hi everybody,

This was unexpected...in a very good way. The juxtiposition between present day real on-going science and working on sending humans to Mars with the imagined 2027 ... and that brings up a really interesting question ..

How soon will the first humans actually land here?

We're going to land on Mars in 2027 and the reason is this man is determined to make that happen. His name is Elon musk, he's the CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX.

okay guys, now You've got to ask yourself, can this guy really do this by 2025 or 2027?

I think Yes we can

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I think there are really two fundamental paths. One path is we stay on Earth forever, and then there will be some eventual extinction. The alternative is to become a space-bearing civilisation and a multi-planetary species. There will be movies, lecture halls, cabins and a restaurant. It will be really fun to go. You are going to have a great time.

Elon Musk

Elon's idea of colonization of Mars sounds cool, but a bit too ambitious, perhaps plausible.

There is a lot of politics involved in space exploration. Now the focus has shifted from colonization of the moon to Mars. Both have cosmic radiations, but in terms of gravity, Mars is more like earth so rather than trying to establish a colony in moon, directly exploring Mars makes sense. Apart from NASA and Elon Musk there is Mars One project also (privately funded)

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The Mars One organization has proposed to land the first humans on Mars and establish a permanent human colony there by 2035. Mars One's original concept included launching a robotic lander and orbiter as early as 2020 to be followed by a human crew of four in 2024 and one in 2026. A total of 1,058 applicants from 107 countries were selected.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_One

There is a possibility that there might be life on Mars, aliens. In the next few years we may come to know more about this.