Google and Virgin Group today announced the launch of Virgle Inc., a jointly owned and operated venture dedicated to the establishment of a human settlement on Mars.
The Virgle 100 Year Plan’s milestones will include Virgle Pioneer selection (2008-2010), the first manned journey to Mars (2016), a Virgle Inc. initial public offering to capitalize on the first manned journey to Mars (2016), the founding of the first permanent Martian municipality, Virgle City (2050), and the achievement of a truly self-sustaining Martian civilization with a population exceeding 100,000 (2108).
The original contingent of Virgle Pioneers will be selected by numerous criteria, including an online questionnaire, video submission, personal accomplishments, expertise in scientific, artistic, sociological and/or political fields of endeavor, and inadequate Google and Virgin personal performance reviews.
Virgle is the ultimate application of a principle we’ve always believed at Google: that you can do well by doing good, said Google co-founder Larry Page, who plans to share leadership of the new Martian civilization with Branson and Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
Interesting they chose April 1st to make the announcement.
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Hah, hah, hah!
April 1st, 2008 at 8:42 am
This is interesting and I’d love to go but at 77 I had better consider next life time.
For those of you that do go, However, Better take some farmers. you may want to eat. There may be some mushrooms,but who knows. I’ll bet a canyon could be doomed,light, heat etc adjusted.
It might be a good idea to try a little canyon in Utah??
April 1st, 2008 at 4:40 pm