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Human s e t t l em e n t o f M a r s i n 2 0 2 3
Agenda
•Mission outline
•Technical feasibility and cost
•Business case
•Status and next steps
Human settlement on Mars
•Four humans in 2023
•Settling on Mars
•Four humans every two years
•In 2033, 20+ people living on Mars
Stappen
2016 – Demonstration mission
2018 – Rover
2020 – Outpost components
2022 – Outpost operational
Stappen
2023 – Human landing
T e c h n i c a l f e a s i b i l i t y & c o s t
Technical feasibility
•Mission design
•Found suppliers for all components
•Visited suppliers
Technical feasibility
•Launcher
Technical feasibility
•Lander
3.8m 5.2m
Technical feasibility
•Life support unit
Technical feasibility
•Mars suits
3.8m 5.2m
Technical feasibility
•Living unit
Technical feasibility
•Rover
3.8m 5.2m
Technical feasibility
•Transit habitat
Cost
•First crew: 6 billion US$
•Subsequent crews: 4 billion US$
Bu s i n e s s c a s e
Business case
•Involving the world as an audience
•Crew selection
•Training
•Reality TV from Mars
Business case
•London Olympics revenue: ~4 billion US$
•NBC paid 4.38 billion US$ for 2014-2020 Olympics
S t a t u s a n d n e x t s t e p s
Status
•Sound technical plan
•Letter of interest from all suppliers
•Business case confirmed by media experts
•Good ambassadors and advisers
Current actions
•Present the plan to the world
•More advisers and ambassadors
•Finding sponsors and investors
Next steps
•Get funding for conceptual design studies (~5 million US$)
•Starting astronauts selections
Th e N e x t G i a n t L e a p F o r Man K i n d