Mission Study · 2050

How many gates
would you need to clear
before you'd say go?

Ten gates, one at a time. By the end, you'll know exactly where Mars gets hard — and where the honest answers stop.

Start the gates Skip — take the survey
Study · 10 Gates Est. read · 6 min Status · Pre-operational

The 10 Gates

Unlock one at a time. Read where we are today, mark your concern level, then move on. Each gate has its own mission profile — its own accent, its own readout.

Mission Sequence 01 / 10 · Locked
Gate 01 / 10Slide to unlock the next gate

The Mars Intent Survey

About 3 minutes. We separate "belief", "support" and "personal willingness" — because they're not the same thing.

Section 01 · About you
Q1. What's the highest level of education you've completed?
Section 01 · About you
Q2. Which of these best describes your current field?
Section 02 · Beliefs (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree)
Q3. I think a permanent Mars settlement is possible within the next 100 years.
Strongly disagreeStrongly agree
Q4. I support public funding for Mars exploration and related research.
Strongly disagreeStrongly agree
Q5. If conditions allowed, I'd personally be willing to live or work on Mars long-term.
Strongly disagreeStrongly agree
Section 03 · What's holding you back
Q6. If you're hesitant about going to Mars personally, what's the main reason? (select all that apply)
A global enthusiast project

We're not experts.
We're serious enthusiasts.

A group of ordinary people from around the world who got pulled in by one question: when will humans actually live on Mars?

Who we are

We're a scattered group of Mars-curious people — students, engineers, teachers, developers, doctors, designers, and a lot of folks who just look up at the sky and wonder.

We have no office, no budget, and no official title. What we have is spare time, public sources, and a stubborn sense of curiosity.

Who we are not

We need to say this clearly, because honesty is the only thing we can actually offer:

  • We are not NASA, not SpaceX, not any space agency
  • We are not engineers, planetary scientists, or professional researchers
  • We don't hold first-hand data and can't independently verify any technical plan
  • We have no timeline and won't give you a "Mars countdown"
  • We don't represent any government, company, or investor — numbers on this site are illustrative, not commitments

This isn't self-deprecation. It's so you know: every claim here comes from public sources and ordinary people reading them. Question it.

What we follow

01

Technical progress

From MOXIE to Starship, from radiation shielding to in-situ resource use. We track, translate and try to put it in plain language.

02

Public sentiment

Mars isn't only a technical problem. What people think, worry about and want matters too.

03

Public participation

If this is eventually for all of humanity, ordinary people should have a way to weigh in. Even if it's just a survey.

What we're trying to do

  • Document — turn scattered technical updates and public attitudes into something readable
  • Explain — describe the real difficulty and real possibility of Mars, without hype or doom
  • Survey — collect public attitudes into a dataset that can be openly discussed
  • Connect — help people who care about this find each other, even just to trade a thought

Where we stand

Honest

Say what we don't know. Mark what's uncertain. Never confuse a vision with a plan, or a demo with an operational system.

Rational

Enthusiasm isn't blind optimism. Skepticism isn't opposition. We welcome the disagreement.

Open

Cite sources. Invite debate. Publish what we can.

Long-term

Mars is a multi-generational thing. We're not in a hurry.

In one sentence

We're not professionals. We're serious enthusiasts.

If humans ever do land on Mars, we want to be able to say: we watched, we took part, we were here for it.

If this resonates

You don't need to be an expert. You don't need to commit to anything. Just tell us what you think.

Privacy

We collect zero personal data

One rule: this site does not collect, store, or share any personal information about you.

Last updated · 29 Oct 2026

What we do

  • All survey interactions run in your browser — nothing is uploaded to any server
  • No tracking cookies. No third-party analytics.
  • No sign-up, no login, no phone number, no real name required
  • Percentages, rankings and dashboard numbers are illustrative, for design purposes only

What we don't do

  • No names, emails, phone numbers, IDs, or location data collected
  • No selling, sharing or leaking — there's nothing to sell, because we don't have it
  • No personalized ads, no user profiling
  • No hidden tracking of your browsing behavior

About the survey and pledge options

The survey questions, Likert scales and pledge steps are currently a front-end demonstration. Whatever you click lives only on this page, and leaves no trace after you close the tab.

If a future version ever does collect data (e.g., to actually aggregate public attitudes), we will clearly disclose the purpose, storage method and deletion process, and get your explicit consent before anything is submitted. Until then, everything here is local, temporary and untracked.

Third-party links

This site references public material from NASA, SpaceX and other organizations. Clicking those links takes you to external sites governed by their own privacy policies. We're not responsible for third-party content or data practices.

GDPR and CCPA

If you're in the EU/EEA (GDPR) or California (CCPA), we want to be explicit: we do not process personal data, so there is no data subject request to file, no consent to withdraw, and no opt-out to activate. There's simply nothing collected.

If that ever changes, this page will say so clearly and prominently.

Children

This site does not knowingly collect information from anyone under 13. If you're under 13, please browse with a parent or guardian.

Policy updates

If this policy ever changes, we'll update the date on this page. Given that there's nothing to collect, we expect it to stay simple for a long time.

Contact

Questions about this policy, or something that looks like it might touch privacy? Reach out via the Contact page. We read every message.

Browse freely. Speak freely.

We don't want your data. We just want to know what you actually think about Mars.

Copyright & usage

Copyright & usage

How the words, visuals and interactive experiences on this site may be read, quoted, credited and reused.

Last updated · 29 Oct 2026

Ownership

Unless otherwise stated, the text, layout, original illustrations and the interactive "10 Gates" experience on this site are the work of Mars 2050 and its volunteer contributors.

This project is not affiliated with NASA, SpaceX, ESA, CNSA or any government agency or private company. Agency names and programme names mentioned anywhere on this site remain the property of their respective owners and are used descriptively, for identification and commentary only.

Where we quote, summarise or paraphrase public material — mission updates, technical papers, press releases — the underlying facts and figures belong to their original publishers. We attribute whenever we can and link to primary sources wherever they exist.

What you may do

  • Read and share — link to any page, quote a few paragraphs, or send it to a friend
  • Quote with credit — cite "Mars 2050" and, when possible, the page address
  • Use in education — teachers, students and study groups are welcome to reference the material in classrooms and coursework
  • Discuss and criticise — disagreement is welcome; honest challenge is part of the point
  • Summarise — write your own summary or translation, as long as you don't present it as the official version

What you may not do

  • Republish the site in full, or present it as your own work
  • Claim that Mars 2050 endorses your product, campaign, petition or investment
  • Use the content to mislead — for example, taking an illustrative percentage and presenting it as a real survey result
  • Strip attribution and then charge others for the material
  • Imply a partnership with any space agency or aerospace company

The numbers on this site — percentages, concern rankings, dashboard bars — are illustrative. They exist to show a design and to spark conversation. They are not a published dataset, and they must not be quoted as one.

Images, icons and typefaces

The visual language of this site is deliberately restrained. Hero photography and gate photography are sourced from openly licensed photographic providers. Interface icons are simple geometric line drawings.

  • Photography — licensed for use under the providers' public terms; we credit where required
  • Line icons — original work, free to be inspired by, not free to be resold as a template
  • Third-party imagery — if any is ever added beyond what's listed, it will be clearly credited to its source and licence

Disclaimer of accuracy

Content is provided "as is", for information and conversation. Space technology moves fast, and public information is often incomplete, optimistic or out of date. We do our best, but we cannot guarantee that any technical statement here is current, complete or correct.

Nothing on this site is engineering advice, investment advice, medical advice, or a promise that humans will reach Mars on any particular date. A successful demonstration is not a finished system; a published date is not a guarantee.

Reporting an issue

If you believe your work has been used here without proper credit, or if you spot a factual error, an outdated figure, or a broken source, please tell us. We correct mistakes quickly and add credit the moment a gap is pointed out.

Reach us any time at hello@example.com, or through the Contact page.

Shared in good faith

We publish because we want more people thinking carefully about Mars. Use it, quote it, argue with it — just keep it honest.

Contact

Say hello

Questions, corrections, press enquiries, or just a thought about Mars — we read everything.

Typical reply time · a few days

Email us

The fastest way to reach Mars 2050 is by email. One address, read by real people:

hello@example.com

There is no phone line, no live chat and no support desk. This is a volunteer project, and email is the only channel we maintain. Please be patient — and please be kind.

What to write about

  • Corrections — a figure, date or claim that looks wrong or outdated. Include a source if you have one.
  • Sources & credit — a paper, mission update or dataset we should be reading, or a credit we owe
  • Press & media — if you want to reference the project, tell us what you're working on
  • Collaboration — translations, engineering review, design help, or an offer of a skill
  • Privacy & data — anything that touches the points made on our Privacy and Cookie pages
  • Just a thought — the question "when will humans really live on Mars?" is the whole reason we exist

How to help us reply faster

A good message is short and specific. To get a useful answer in one round instead of three, try to include:

  • The page or gate your message is about
  • What you expected versus what you found
  • Any source that supports your point
  • The outcome you're hoping for — a fix, a credit, an answer, a conversation

What we can't do

  • We can't speak for NASA, SpaceX or any agency — we're independent enthusiasts
  • We can't confirm launch dates, ticket prices or astronaut selection
  • We can't give engineering, medical or financial advice
  • We can't access, change or delete personal data — because we never collect any
  • We can't respond instantly; this is a spare-time project

Volunteer with us

If you'd like to do more than read, we're always glad to hear from people who can translate, check facts, review the technical framing, improve accessibility, or help describe hard ideas in plain language.

honest, be curious, be useful.

Before you send

Please don't send sensitive personal information — full addresses, ID numbers, financial details. We don't need them and don't want to hold them. For how we handle the little that arrives by email, see our Privacy Policy.

We'd love to hear from you

Whether you think Mars is inevitable or a distraction, your perspective makes the conversation better.

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Cookie policy

Cookies, plain and simple

What cookies and local storage are, and exactly how little this site uses them.

Last updated · 29 Oct 2026

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a tiny piece of text a website asks your browser to store. When you come back, the site can read it again. Cookies are often used to keep you logged in, remember preferences, count visitors, or track you across many sites for advertising.

"Local storage" is a close cousin: a small amount of data a page keeps in your browser. It is not sent anywhere unless the page chooses to send it.

How this site uses cookies

The short answer: this site sets no tracking cookies at all.

  • No advertising cookies — we run no ads, so there is nothing to target
  • No analytics cookies — no third-party visitor counters, no fingerprinting
  • No cross-site tracking — we don't follow you anywhere
  • No login cookies — there is no account system to keep you signed into

Everything you click on this site — the gates, the survey, the pledge options — stays in your browser and disappears when you close the tab.

Local storage and in-page state

To make the interactive parts feel right, the page keeps some temporary values in memory while you are on it — for example, which gate you reached, or the concern level you slid to. These live only on your device, only for this visit.

They are never bundled up and uploaded, never shared, and never used to identify you. Refreshing the page or closing the browser clears them.

Third-party content

If a page ever embeds or links to outside material — a video, a document, a mission page — that third party may set its own cookies under its own policy. We currently avoid such embeds by design. If that changes, we'll say so here, and list exactly who is involved.

Managing cookies yourself

Even though we don't use cookies, your browser gives you full control over all sites. In most browsers you can:

  • Block all cookies, or block only third-party cookies
  • Delete cookies and site data at any time
  • Use a private / incognito window to browse with a clean slate
  • Enable "Do Not Track", which we honour by simply not tracking in the first place

Blocking cookies will not break this site — because there are none to block.

Changes to this policy

If we ever introduce something that stores data — even something small — this page will be updated first and the change explained in plain language, with the date revised at the top. Until then, this stays a site that collects nothing.

Questions? Write to hello@example.com or read the Privacy Policy.

Browse with nothing to clear

No consent banner, no cookie wall, no fine print to squint at — just Planet Mars and a few honest questions.