“Civilization here on earth could end with a bang or a whimper”, says Elon Musk, founder/CEO of SpaceX, in an interview with Joe Rogan discussing the prospect of a Mars colony in the near future. This raises the question: is a future on Mars truly feasible? Since the beginning of time, mankind has looked to the stars for answers, studying and hypothesising the intricacies of the universe. To our credit, we have come comparatively far in our understanding of the universe,