We must colonize Mars by 2053
A Survival Imperative for Space Colonization
New York Times - July 17, 2007
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In 1993, Princeton professor of
astrophysics J. Richard Gott III
computed with scientific certainty
that humanity would survive at least
5,100 more years. Now he has issued
a wake-up call: To ensure our
long-term survival, we need to get a
colony up and running on Mars within
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