The Mars One non-profit foundation that aims to establish a permanent human settlement on the Red Planet in the mid-2020’s – with colonists volunteering for a one-way trip – took a major step forward today, Dec. 10, when they announced plans to launch the first ever privately funded space missions to Mars in 2018; as … Continue reading "Mars One Proposes First Privately Funded Robotic Mars Missions – 2018 Lander & Orbiter"