Mars to Stay to 30, thereby beginning a Martian settlement. Since the Martian surface offers all the natural resources and elements necessary to sustain a robust, mature, industrialized human settlement—unlike, for example the Moon—a permanent Martian settlement is thought to be the most effective way to ensure that humanity becomes a space-faring, multi-planet species. Through the use of digital fabricators and in vitro fertilisation it is assumed a permanent human settlement on Mars can grow organically from an original thirty to forty pioneers. A Mars to Stay mission following Aldrin's proposal would enlist astronauts in the following timeline: As Aldrin has said, "who
Stowaway to Mars Stowaway to Mars Stowaway to Mars is a science fiction novel by John Wyndham. It was first published in 1936 as "Planet Plane" (Newnes Limited, London), then serialised in "The Passing Show" as "Stowaway to Mars" and again in 1937 in "Modern Wonder" magazine as "The Space Machine". The novel was written under one of Wyndham's early pen names, John Beynon. It was published by Coronet Books in 1972 as ""Stowaway to Mars" by John Wyndham". . Reviewer Groff Conklin described the first American edition as "an interesting adventure story." The title novella of the collection "Sleepers of Mars" was