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One thing I found very interesting is the roadmap from the National Space Scociety (Last updated in 2018 at the time of writing), which details their plans on space colonization.

They argue for a step-by-step approach, and Mars is actually quite low on the list - only coming in after having a fully independent Moon colony in fact.

Their plan is pretty well thought out for the most part, even though it glosses over some details. Sending Humans to Mars is only milestone 24; for reference, we're currently working on milestones 1-2, while milestone 3 exists just in blueprints so far, and with anything beyond that not yet even really planned yet.

Edit: Here's the whole thing in a video playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIIOUpOge0LuFZG2lvL9-zbxovZabYxcy

And the Mars episode in specific:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42Je9Xczu0o&list=PLIIOUpOge0LuFZG2lvL9-zbxovZabYxcy&index=4

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 31 August 2022