Honestly hoping the beginnings of a martian colonization project happens in my lifetime. Not too unlikely, at the rate we're advancing now. Anyone want to place a bet on which decade we'll start putting permanent structures on Mars?

My money's on the 2050's. Humanity has a strange fascination with even numbers, and estimates on AI reaching a singularity hang around the 20 year mark. I can't imagine it would take us long to find a use for a colony by then, despite the cost.