I think it's doable.

http://www.physorg.com/news174031552.html

Well there is always a chance of this situation to arise.

The technology we have at present is not enough to construct a living residence in any other planet, but we may overcome this hurdle in the near future. Nano technology's advent in the space technology is the best example that shows the brightness of the future. But still, it is just a chance. If we use it, we might.

yes i think that we could put a person on mars. If we do it by 2020 then that gives us another 10 years.

i think yes, and here's the reason

sending a man is not a problem, getting him back is headache

if some people agree to one way ticket then we can reduce net cost by 80%

slowly these one way people will develop a small society there and in future more

people will be sent to make it further evolve

by 2020 we can think of it and plan for it in a grand manner

when it'll become fully sustainable in and around 2050 we might have our holiday trip to mars.

it is possible because mars's soil has all nutrients to grow trees and we can use artificial uv light to imitate suns light.

this will provide them food and air both.

a great idea do encourage.

Absolutely not. The United States and Russia, have the only two space programs that could conceivably send a manned mission to Mars in the next half century but neither program has the political or financial backing to even consider a mission to Mars. We'll be lucky if anyone puts a person back on the Moon by 2020, and by that I'm including China, Japan, and India in that assessment. The fact is the public aren't interested in space flight anymore, though I'd be willing to bet that if China, India, or Russia ever put a man on the Moon that the US would be sending a man to Mars whether unilaterally or in conjunction with another space program.

No, I don't think our evolution will send us to Mars.

It's a lofty goal, and one that isn't a priority. Eleven years simply isn't enough time for all the pieces to successfully come together.

Wait..., what? Who said we are evolving? Have you been talking to the evolutionists? ;)

Do you mean evolving as in biologically or you mean technologically?

We are a high tech society but no way are we ready for Mars. From what I have read it's not getting there that's the main problem it is the lack of water that makes it almost impossible.

It's almost 2010, that only leaves us 10 years to get people to Mars. I think it's possible, but not at the current rate of "evolution". There's a lot more to sending people to Mars than building a rocket and saying goodbye.