Humans on Mars - Pathways to a long-term sustainable human presence
scientific point of view. Mars settlers will be part of a sprouting (micro-)society, and at the same time still have close ties to terrestrial societies – which will create new societal and ethical challenges [...] n of Mars as the next step – to be scheduled within the next few decades. While lunar settlements will heavily depend on resources and support from Earth, the immense distance to Mars requires settlers [...] valuable in-situ resources. Learning from Mars to preserve Earth We envision that the gained knowledge will have impact on Earth, e.g. regarding the development of clean, robust technological processes that