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Google And Virgin To Colonize Mars?

Google And Virgin To Colonize Mars?

By Dave Pinter on April 1, 2008

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.

Dave Pinter

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Dave Pinter is a senior editor at PSFK and focuses on automotive, design and retail news. Dave is a New York based concept designer. He's written and contributed photography for PSFK targeting retail design and branding, automotive marketing and design, and the NYC creative culture scene.

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