Humanitys Mars Project: A New Strategic Goal? An Expert Discussion

On March 18 the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion titled Humanitys Mars Project: A New Strategic Goal? By 2020 48 expeditions had been launched to Mars and only 30 of them were successful.
Thanks to these missions the American rovers Curiosity and Perseverance as well as the Chinese rover Tianwen-1 are now operating on the surface of the Red Planet. In recent years Martian rhetoric has experienced a renaissance.
Mars megaprojectswhich combine political legal economic scientific technical and socio-humanitarian issuesare enjoying a new lease on life.
Technologically complex and financially extremely expensive these projects could become the main beneficiaries of international cooperation.
Elon Musks statements about interplanetary flight and the colonization of Mars NASA Administrator Jared Isaacmans manifesto Project Athena as well as Chinese and European initiatives to explore the Red Planet are widely known today.
Meanwhile the cost of a single manned expedition to Mars could exceed 400 billion. Are all members of the international space club ready to share in the emerging opportunities and associated responsibilities? What space exploration plans do Russia China the United States and other actors have? What are the prerequisites for multilateral cooperation for further space expansion? Speakers: Andrey Ionin Advisor to the CEO of Geoscan Group Vice President of the Technological Sovereignty Export Association Evgeniya Drozhashchikh Deputy Director of the Department of Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Evgeny Kuznetsov Futurist Co-founder of Digital Evolution Ventures Evand Singularity University Ambassador Anatoly Petrukovich Director Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Moderator: Ivan Timofeev Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club

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