Get missions there, build up living areas and such...
Start scientific research and such on teleportation...
One thing leads to another and the next thing you know...
Oops!
Posted on 05/15/2009 6:12:29 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Science fiction writers have long imagined a future for humans on Mars, and Hollywood has created several movie fantasies about what the experience could be like (with a few improbable aliens added for extra drama). NASA has addressed the possibility of creating human colonies on Mars someday, but so far, only robots have stepped foot on the red soil.
How long will we have to wait for science fiction to become a reality? According to Charles Cockell, a microbiologist at the Open University in the UK, humans could go to Mars now.
"Technically, we could go today if we wanted to," he says, and suggests the reason humans haven't made the journey yet is because of political concerns. "I think we are ready. As time goes on, we're going to be more and more ready to go as technology gets better and life support systems improve."
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
The Mars-bound astronauts don’t get round-trip ticket, do they?
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