Lets see, a spacecraft capable of the 21-23 month round trip to Mars (including an approx. 3 month mandatory layover at Mars until the orbital mechanics were aligned to head back), and capable of carrying four people, that also included a lander to ferry four people to the surface of Mars and then return them to orbit should only cost what? $1.0 to 1.5 trillion? Tops maybe $2 trillion.

That should be a snap for a “privately financed Dutch company” to raise from bonds to produce a “reality” T.V. show…uhh…right?