Originally posted by mendhak
Russians have started training/'preparing' for it already, I believe. I'll be glad if they do this within my lifetime. I feel a lot of good can come out of it.

OTOH, we have to face global warming, terrorism, poverty, famine, war, disease, and reality shows here on Earth. Which shall we combat?
we wil still have to face that. and maybe in the later years. that will be on mars.