Author : Armand Vespertine Here we are at the dawn of private space flight, and it seems we’re going to Mars. There’s already the Mars One project, which plans to send 4 people to Mars in 2023 by making a reality show of it. Billionaire Elon Musk has also set his eyes on the mightiest of planets. He’s been quoted as saying “I want to die on Mars, just not on impact.” With at least two private programs aiming for Mars by the 2020s (and perhaps a space race between them to help develop the necessary technologies), for the moment it seems that this is really going to happen. What’s exciting…