The First Step Is To Establish That

Land On Mars, A Round-trip Ticket - Half A Million Dollars. It Can Be Done.

You Want To Be Extra Rigorous About Making The Best Possible Thing You Can. Find Everything That's Wrong With It And Fix It.

When Something Is Important Enough, You Do It Even If The Odds Are Not In Your Favor.

It's Important That We Attempt To Extend Life Beyond Earth Now. It Is The First Time In The Four Billion-year History Of Earth That It's Been Possible, And That Window Could Be Open For A Long Time - Hopefully It Is - Or It Could Be Open For A Short Time. We Should Err On The Side Of Caution And Do Something Now.

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