If you want to go to Mars, you have to start now.

Arno Wielders (co-founder of Mars One and Chief Technical Officer) kicked off this WIA Leiden dinner with an inspiring presentation about new initiatives in the space sector. He shared his personal vision of why we should go to Mars and beyond and how Mars One wants to realise a crew on Mars by 2023. After his introduction an interesting discussion started about feasibility and ethics.

We also met the new Women with Wings representatives and talked about organising another Women’s day in 2014. We will keep you posted. See the WIA Leiden hub for our upcoming events.