Posted by tourdemars to Mars Society at August 20, 2004 11:00 AM

Imagine it's 2100. Human beings have destroyed Earth. Do you and your family have a plan? If you're a member of the Mars Society you do. Since 1998, the group - which is holding its annual conference this weekend in Chicago - has been advocating and planning for human exploration of the red planet. "It may be where we're going to have our great-grandchildren living some day," said legendary science fiction writer Frederik Pohl of Palatine.