honestly, Mars would be about the worst places to colonize.we'd have to travel further to get there than to establish a colony on the Moon, and the shelter requirements for Mars aren't that mush less stringent than on the lunar surface. as for Musk's 'plan', if you think he's going to meet his plan to have a *million* people living on the Martian surface *by 2050,* I've got this really nice bridge that's come on the market I'd like to talk to you about.....