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This could be your robot racing team in 2026…

“Robots first, people later after robots have prepared the way.”

“After 80 years we have a totally new way of doing business. This business will start as a Digital Clone on the Edge. Are you in or out? Watch Salim’s video to learn more.”

“Will humanoid robot hardware and software be able to drive vehicles off-road by the end of 2026? We are about to find out.

Every Robot Racing team can be an entrepreneurial incubator. Students will apply what they are learning and graduate with demonstrated credentials. Unlike recent grads they will be equipped to succeed in the new World Order.”

Where to begin. Watch this short video from Dave Bundlin and the Moonshots Team. Note: you may have to turn on the audio in the lower right hand corner.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dave-blundin_anthropic-admitted-that-80-of-the-code-being-ugcPost-7469848563292930048-GfbX?utm_source=social_share_video_v2&utm_medium=android_app&rcm=ACoAAGJR9NsBCZnQAnHcHjLn_6t4muQe4xeJ_jM&utm_campaign=share_via

And the full Moonshots 1 hour episode

Call To Action Video Draft 9 Jun 2026 Mark Fowler

Work backwards from the long term goals, a strategy recommended by Salim Ismail.

1. Assume Mars will become the economic center of our Solar System due to its more central location to our Solar System’s natural resource wealth.
2. Assume Mars will become the cultural center of our Solar System due to its ability to eliminate war and maintain forever peace for the first time in human history.
3. Assume robots, not humans, will prepare Mars for permanent colonization. 
4. Assume much of what is needed to colonize Mars will be manufactured on Earth’s Moon due to lower costs.
5. Assume the permanent colonization of Mars will proceed in 25 ½ Earth month cycles driven initially by Hohmann Transfer Window dates.
6. Assume stability, peace, and hope will become our Solar System’s most valuable assets, followed by hydrocarbons, water, and fuels including Helium-3.

Hohmann Transfer Windows

Hohmann Transfer Windows occur approximately every 780 Earth days. A year on Mars lasts 687 Earth days.

Earth to Mars

21st November – 12th December, 2026

27th March – 15th April, 2029

29th May – 16th June, 2031

30th July – 17th August, 2033

29th September – 17th October, 2035

28th November – 16th December, 2037

30th January – 17th February, 2040

Mars to Earth.

3rd July – 22nd July, 2026

3rd August – 22nd August, 2028

4th September – 23rd September, 2030

4th October – 23rd October, 2032

4th November – 23rd November, 2034

5th December – 24th December, 2036

6th January – 25th January, 2039

Mars Colonization 

1. Assume Mars, not Earth, will become the financial aid cultural center of our Solar System.
2. Assume Mars’ ascendency is its leadership role will occur no later than E2038.
3. Assume Mars will achieve global, permanent peace by E2034, within 5 years of achieving Artificial Intelligence Superiority, the Singularity, on Earth and Mars. Earth may, or may not still be enduring forever war; Mars will have achieved forever peace.
4. Despite its current, inhospitable living conditions for humans and other Earth species, Mars will become the most important financial and power location in our Solar System because of its proximity to our Solar System’s concentrations of natural resource wealth.
5. Assume the migration of civilization, power, and wealth will begin by sending robots first to prepare the way for humans and other Earth species to follow later.
6. Assume the Martian migration will begin at the end of 2026 during the next Hohmann Transfer Window, sending the first constellation of satellites which will begin the search for optimal Mars colonization and profit. Assume these satellites will also perform local AI analysis of Mars geodata eliminating the need to transmit huge volumes of raw data to Earth. Assume Fourmars will be a major subscriber of the refined local Martian geodata. Assume the Martian satellite constellation will be expanded with each Hohmann Transfer Window having been first enhanced and improved by Earth’s Moon constellation.
7. Assume Humanoid robots will begin operations on Earth’s Moon in E2027.
8. Assume the robot racing events designed to accelerate off Earth robot technology will begin on Earth during the next Hohmann Transfer Window, 21st November – 12th December, E2026. 

Fourmars Near Term Goals 

1. Introduce AI literacy and humanoid robot technology in the Appalachian Mountains during E2026-2027 in:
   1. Agriculture 
   2. Education 
   3. Forestry 
   4. Manufacturing 
   5. Mining
   6. Space 
2. Expand Fourmars Humanoid Robot operations to Earth’s Moon beginning in E2027. Earth’s Moon will become the proving ground for Fourmars development efforts on Earth prior to beginning operations on Mars and beyond.:
   1. Mining and refining
   2. Site preparation and facilities construction 
   3. Energy generation, storage, and transmission 
   4. Infrastructure corridor construction 
   5. Rocket fuel production 
   6. Space launch facilities and equipment including linear accelerators and possibly a space elevator 
3. Complete the 2nd Annual Earth Robot Races at the end of E2027, and the 1st Moon Robot Race on Earth’s Moon at the same time.
4. Prepare shipments from both Earth and Mars for the E2029 Holman Transfer Window with materials remaining in orbit until launch window. These shipments will include the 1st Fourmars Humanoid robots, construction equipment, and nano refineries and manufacturing facilities.
5. Assume Fourmars will become a principal mining, construction, fabrication, and manufacturing contractor for others colonizing Earth’s Moon beginning in E2027 and E2030 on Mars 

About Me

Material to be included in future videos

The Appalachian Mountains are a great place to rapidly accelerate robot development in agriculture, education, forestry, and mining. With 73,000 acres and 300 miles of trails, Windrock Park near Oak Ridge and Knoxville, Tennessee is America’s largest off-road park. Originally one of the largest coal mining operations in the South, it can offer robot development growth in both forestry and mining if Windrock agrees to participate in robot racing.

Imagine your company, college or university racing robot team zipping down forest trails this fall.

Can you imagine teaming with Nissan, a major employer in Tennessee and University of Tennessee, lead by a local Cherokee who is working on his PHD in Environmental Sciences, racing to victory through the 73,000 acres at nearby Windrock Park.

Hyundai is another major player in the Appalachian Mountain Region. They recently purchased Boston Dynamics, a world leader robot company and robots are in their nearby Atlanta research facility. The Hyundai Santa Cruz is made in nearby Montgomery, Alabama.

Other possible East Coast robot racing teams sponsored by local companies, universities, and leading public research organizations.

And what about the amazing Moonshots people sponsoring a robot racing team with their many friends in AI, robotics, and space? With Ellie In Space as navigator and livestream narrator? So, Peter, Salim, Dave, and The One and Only Dr. Gross, who is on your robot racer dream team? Or is it Teams? Salim, India?

I’m an native Tennessean but I love Alabama

Australia offers a huge range of partners and sponsors

Chinese pickups with Japanese robots running Australian software?

Same vehicle with Chinese AI and robots racing in Mongolia? Google Gemini put the Chairman in the sunroof, not me.

Upcoming Plan Videos. Want to be a co-author, editor, or voice actor? Email me at: robots@fourmars.com

Video 5: 2026 – 2028 Humanoid Robot First Steps on and in the Earth 

• Robot racing can help create and foster the next generation agriculture, education, forestry, and mining using humanoid robots.

Video 6: Robot Racing

• Robot racing this winter 2026 in America, Australia, China, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, and elsewhere at the same time.
  • America’s Appalachian Mountains, Western desert 
  • Eastern and Western Australia
  • Mongolia? Let’s ask the Chinese
• 2026 3×7 Robot Race Market Space Matrix
  • Agriculture, Forestry, Mining, and Education
  • America, Australia, China, Germany, India, Japan, Korea… 
• 2027: Humanoid Robots begin first commercial operations in agriculture, forestry, and mining in America and Australia at the same time, possibly elsewhere in additional market spaces. 
• 2027 2nd Annual Robot Races
  • Earth
  • Earth’s Moon
• 2028 3rd Annual Robot Races 
• Earth’s commercial Humanoid robot operations profitable in 2028

Video 7: Example Races: UT at Windrock Park in Tennessee and Rio Tinto in Australia

• Will Windrock Park in Tennessee join the robot revolution in 2026? Let’s find out.
• Will Rio Tinto in Australia join the robot revolution in 2026? Let’s find out.

Video 8: Humanoid Robots begin operations on Earth’s Moon in 2027, profitable in 2028 

• 1st mover robot prospector mining, refining, and manufacturing begins in 2027 
• 1st 10 kilograms of Helium-3 back to Earth in 2027-2028
• 1st commercial Moon juice rocket fuel begins 2028
• 1st Rail Launch finished goods to Mars starting in 2029 during the Hohmann Transfer Windoe
• Profits increase in 2029 as 1st permanent human colonists arrive on Earth’s Moon. 

Video 9: 2026-2035: It’s Mars Baby 

• Will the 1st Martian Private Satellites launch during 2026 Hohmann Transfer Window? Let’s find out.
• Will the 2nd Private Satellite swarm launch during 2028 Hohmann Transfer Window ? Let’s find out.
• Will the 1st Robot swarm (10 to 10,000 units?) launch in 2028 Hohmann Transfer Window? Let’s find out.
• Will the 1st Martian human colonists launch in 2030 or 2032 Hohmann Transfer Window? Let’s find out.
• Who will make Mars profitable first? Let’s find out.

Video 10: 2033: It’s Always Been About Saturn

• As humans become an interplanetary species Saturn’s wealth could become the largest economic driver in our Solar System, with Mars, not Earth becoming the new financial capital.
• Thousands of new Trillionaires. what are they going to do with the money?

Video 11: Why AI and Robots, and Why Now 

• This AI and robot thing may blow over. Why not wait to see how it turns out?
• Experts predict AI will become smarter than humans sometime in 2028. What will AI decide about the future of humanity after they have applied their internal recursive learning on their own?
• I’m not at peace with people I do not know who don’t live here secretly deciding our future without bothering to ask our opinion about which ethical and moral beliefs will govern future decision making. If we engage AI and robots starting today we can determine and shape the values they will use to decide our future.

Video 12: 2040ish: The Uberrich Travel to the Stars With Fusion Powered FTL

• Yes, this sounds crazy but they have to be already thinking about it. Let’s explore how to make this Science Fiction Science Fact. Use First Principles to work backward from the future goal.
• Some will go for their own selfish interests; some will go to spread the message of peace…

Notes for future videos: My focus for the next five years is the Appalachian Mountain Region: 

• Our region has 26 million people
  • Many share a common history, culture, values and beliefs  
• Our region includes 198 million acres of which 98 million are forests 
• Our region spans parts of 13 states and all of West Virginia
  • We have 423 counties 
  • We have 592 colleges, universities, community and technical colleges 
  • We have over 1,000 automotive manufacturing locations
  • We have Hundreds of thousands of small farms, including many owned by the same families for generations

• introduce Artificial Intelligence throughout the Appalachian Mountain Region
  1. Today
     1. What is AI, how can it help us
     2. Greatly expand AI literacy, especially in rural areas
     3. Create an AI agent to read and respond to email.
     4. Create the members only 7 Year Fourmars Baseline that has a million Appalachian robots, robodogs, drones and equipment on the Moon and Mars within 7 years. 
     5. Tomorrow
        1. Achieve Artificial Sentience using our ethics and moral absolutes
           1. What does this mean 
           2. Build our own AS Baseline, create Personality Modules based on people we know who live here
     6. Future
        1. Appalachian hardware, software on Moon, Mars, beyond 
• Introduce Humanoid Robots
  1. Today. A hundred years’s ago your great grandparents bought their first tractor. This could be the year your family buys your first robots. Who will buy, why are they buying, and what will the robots do?
     1. Introduce Robot Racing 
  2. Tomorrow. Introduce Humanoid robots in:
     1. Agriculture 
     2. Education 
     3. Forestry 
     4. Manufacturing 
     5. Mining 
     6. Determine profitability
  3. Future
     1. Appalachian tech and people in Space
     2. A million or more Appalachians and their bots on the Moon and Mars as part of Elon Musk’s compensation package? 

Imagine using robots and drones to harvest timber without building logging roads and improving the environment at the same time.

Imagine using humanoid robots to clean up abandoned mines and making a profit from the materials and Rare Earths left behind.

Today Earth, tomorrow on our Moon, Mars, Saturn, and beyond

Please send your comments to: robots@fourmars.com. Thanks!
Mark Fowler Co-founder