To the Drawing Board

A a reference point from the 2016 IAC, the first thing to note about Mars Colonial Transport/Interplanetary Transport System (MCT/ITS) is that it's intended to carry 100 people to Mars, plus "luggage," everything a colonist can take in his or her mass… more »

At the 2016 International Astronautical Congress, Elon Musk made a presentation, "Making humanity a multiplanetary species (http://www.spacex.com/mars)."  In it, he outlined a wildly ambitious plan to put 1 million people on Mars within 100 years. What… more »