Mars Space Odyssey: Red Planet's Departure Lounge is the Start-Point for the Outbound Passage (Video)

Mars Space Odyssey: Red Planet’s’ Departure Lounge is the Start-Point for the Outbound Passage

Someday, humanity will need to flee the solar system entirely

One  thing we know for sure is that there is a finite amount of energy in  our solar system. 

Even the energy in the Sun is finite. When this energy begins to run out, everyone is going  to have to pack up and move out. 

Otherwise, starved of energy,  civilization will collapse, and consequently, most everyone will die.  

Some people say that humanity will always find more sources of energy.  That might be true, but someday we’ll need to go outside of our solar  system to get it

It sounds like science fiction, but scientists consider it fact: Within twenty years, humans will live on Mars. We’ll need to

Mars is the Next Step for Humanity – We Must Take It
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