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