Diary of a Martian Pioneer

In 2050, a city of one million people will be built on Mars. This is not science fiction, this is the mission Space X is performing. In 2026, the first batch of robots will land on Mars. They are not there to take pictures, but to work - dig ice, build factories, pave roads, and build a foothold for humans on a dead planet at minus 60 degrees Celsius. In 2030, the first humans arrive. 2,000 People, one-way ticket, no turning back. They have to survive in this red wasteland with no air, no water, and no soil. Build a house out of urine. Use excrement to grow food. Breathe with a machine. Use your own excrement to recycle food for the next generation. This is a story about how human beings create civilization in desperate situations. This is the story of a group of ordinary people - engineers, doctors, farmers, construction workers - risking their lives to pave the way for a future they may never see. This is the largest collective migration in human history. It is crazier than the Great Voyage and more desperate than the moon landing. Because if you go to Mars, you can never come back.