Suddenly, the idea of sending humans on one-way flights to colonize other planets is getting a public airing.
Just last weekend, NASA Ames Director Simon "Pete" Worden was quoted as saying that NASA has "just started a project with DARPA" called the Hundred Year Starship with the long-range goal of settling other planets. (DARPA is an acronym for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.)
The general idea would be to send humans to destinations where they would live out the remainder of their lives.
Remember, any manned interstellar mission would be a one way trip -- you can't go back home. To read the rest of the article, click here.