Elon Musk recently gave a talk at SpaceX rearding the for coiinization of Mars:
Perspective shcedule. Launch windows available every 26 months. If orbital refueling is not ready by end of next year, schedule will likely be thrown off by two years.
First constrution crew may consist of Optimus robots.
Amazing videos of Mars.
Due to no magnetic field, and a thin C02 atmosphere, the surface of Mars has little protection from solar wind. Perhaps, as well as constructed domes, we could live in lava tube to be protected from harmful solar radiation. Fantasy picture of a cave: