1. Human settlement of Mars in 2023

2. Agenda
•Mission outline
•Technical feasibility and cost
•Business case
•Status and next steps

3. Human settlement on Mars
•Four humans in 2023
•Settling on Mars
•Four humans every two years
•In 2033, 20+ people living on Mars

4. Stappen
2016 – Demonstration mission

5. 2018 – Rover

6. 2020 – Outpost components

7. 2022 – Outpost operational

8. Stappen
2023 – Human landing

10. Technical feasibility & cost

11. Technical feasibility
•Mission design
•Found suppliers for all components
•Visited suppliers

12. Technical feasibility
•Launcher

13. Technical feasibility
•Lander
3.8m 5.2m

14. Technical feasibility
•Life support unit

15. Technical feasibility
•Mars suits
3.8m 5.2m

16. Technical feasibility
•Living unit

17. Technical feasibility
•Rover
3.8m 5.2m

18. Technical feasibility
•Transit habitat

19. Cost
•First crew: 6 billion US$
•Subsequent crews: 4 billion US$

20. Business case

21. Business case
•Involving the world as an audience
•Crew selection
•Training
•Reality TV from Mars

22. Business case
•London Olympics revenue: ~4 billion US$
•NBC paid 4.38 billion US$ for 2014-2020 Olympics

23. Status and next steps

24. Status
•Sound technical plan
•Letter of interest from all suppliers
•Business case confirmed by media experts
•Good ambassadors and advisers

25. Current actions
•Present the plan to the world
•More advisers and ambassadors
•Finding sponsors and investors

26. Next steps
•Get funding for conceptual design studies (~5 million US$)
•Starting astronauts selections

27. The Next Giant Leap For Man Kind