Hey , commend Mars One ? Yes , it was that proposal to get off hoi polloi on a one - way stumble to Mars . No , itdidn’t go well .

Well , the guy behind the idea – Dutch enterpriser Bas Lansdorp – is back ! He says the society is back on cut to take people to Mars , launching in 2031 and arriving in 2032 , and also said a few things about colonizing Venus too .

“ Mars wo n’t be the net address for humans looking to correct up lasting settlements away from Earth , ” Lansdorp toldThe Independentin an interview .

“ After that , space explorers will be thinking about floating cities in the atmosphere of Venus in an passing large balloon , or moving to one of Jupiter ’s moons , or an asteroid . ”

Lansdorp and his Mars One idea firsthit the headlinesin 2013 when they said they would obligate undetermined applications programme for people to go to Mars . Despite having no infrastructure , little to no money , and no expertise , Mars One say they could launch an uncrewed mission to Mars in 2016 .

In case you did n’t notice , that did n’t happen . in reality , none of the stuff they say happen , apart from choose a list of100 astronaut finalists . The last we pick up of them , people were n’t sure if the whole affair was ascam , or Lansdorp was justincrediblynaive about what was required to go to Mars .

So we ’re not quite sure why he ’s back on the conniption . Mars One is not going to send multitude to Mars , nor will it ever . Other company might though , like SpaceX or NASA .

The Venus affair is at least kind of interesting . The possibility of colonizing Venus has beendiscussed before , as while the surface is red-hot enough to melt lead and thus uninhabitable , the atmosphere of the planet might be alluring .

At an altitude of about 50 kilometers ( 30 miles ) above Venus , there exist some of themost dry land - like conditionsseen outside of Earth . Here , the atmospheric pressure and the temperature are both similar to our planet . In theory , if you could float here , conditions would n’t be too high-risk .

We ’ve actually sent balloons here before , the Vega 1 and 2 balloons from the Soviet Union in the 1980s . They were uncrewed , but they didreturn dataon this realm , confirming the Earth - comparable pressure and temperature .

peradventure we will colonize Venus one day , andMars too . Mars One wo n’t have any part to play in it , though . Or maybe we ’re justnaysayers .