Mars One Wants to Colonize Mars - as part of the news series by GeoBeats.br br A group in the Netherlands has laid out detailed plans to set up a colony for habitation on Mars by 2023. Mars One was started by Dutch researcher Bans Lansdorp, and is described on their website as a sort of scientific exploration crossed with a reality television media event where viewers will be “able to watch and help with decisions as the teams of settlers are selected, follow their extensive training and preparation for the mission and of course observe their settling on Mars once arrived” With plans to send a team of people on the seven month journey to the red planet every two years, Mars One projects that over twenty people will be living and working on Mars by 2033, but the catch is that there is no return shuttle to Earth. br br Meanwhile NASA has a Rover on its way to Mars in search of life. Astronaut and associate administrator at NASA says: “If there’s life already there, we have to understand the effect on humans. It’s not just the question of are we alone, it’s a question of safety … we want to enable a path to putting more life on Mars, ie. Us.