And live with billionaires under a dome? Nah, I don't think so.
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Never. By the time average people get there it will be as prison space labor.
They'll start shipping hookers and criminals as soon as they find a way to sustain human life other there
Whenever there's an engine available that is basically the space equivalent of a high-bypass turbo fan. Oh, and it'll have to be powerful enough support single-stage-to-orbit.
In other words: Whenever travel from the surface of the earth and to mars is cheap enough that a couple of hundred middle class people can fund the transit cost. Meaning, not any time soon.
If robots become too expensive to manufacture/send, our billionaire role models (and soon to be our official overlords) will need humans to replace them. We're kinda cheap and very much expandable.
Otherwise, it probably won't happen. They have no choice but deal with the 8 billions of us on planet earth but why would they want to allow us to spread on their brand new planet if they can avoid it?
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If they can reasonably be made into fuel... I suspect middle class people could go to Mars in the very near future!