“A Martian colony is inevitable,” says Chris Carberry to roving reporter Rotbart and his deputy Maxell, “and there are ample opportunities right now for entrepreneurs and independent businesses to climb aboard.” Early next month, experts from government, industry, small business, and academia will come together in Washington, D.C., for a two-day summit focused on sending humans to Mars. This event, the largest such gathering on earth, is being organized by Carberry, the CEO and Co-Founder of Explore Mars, a nonprofit dedicated to fostering a permanent human presence on the Red Planet no later than 2033.