Dom Bettinelli is joined by Dr. Elizabeth Fernandez, Fr. Cory Sticha and Thomas Sanjurjo to talk about the latest news in manned space exploration, including plans by SpaceX’s Elon Musk to put 1,000,000 people on Mars as a permanent settlement. Would you be willing to go?

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Links:

• SpaceX plans to debut Red Dragon with 2018 Mars mission
• Falcon 9 launches with JCSAT-14 – lands another stage
• SLS manifest options aim for Phobos prior to 2039 Mars landing
• Liberate the Red Planet
• How (and Why) SpaceX Will Colonize Mars
• An Inflatable Space Habitat is Getting Attached to the ISS this Weekend

Our host and guests on the web:

• Domenico Bettinelli’s blog. He tweets at @bettnet
• Dr. Elizabeth Fernandez is the host of Spark Dialog. She tweets at @SparkDialog
• Fr. Cory Sticha’s blog. He tweets at @FrCorySticha
• Thomas Sanjurjo tweets at @thomassanjurjo