On to Mars

This just in! Virgin and Google team up to colonize Mars!!

Or not. Happy April Fool's Day.

Though the idea's time may come. I think the point of the joke is to get people thinking.

I liked this part:

"Here's the Virgle Pioneer pitch: Things will get better. Eventually. Sure, the work will be hard, the broadband rates low, the commodes decidedly open source, and yes, your life might be extinguished in a fiery instant of catastrophic technological malfunction. But your enriched descendants will appreciate your sacrifice, which should render worthwhile your choice to spend the rest of your (perhaps radically foreshortened) life in deprivation and uncertainty."