The project has links back to 1996, when Martian MP for Olympus Mons North, Smeglog Snarfbpollum, asked in the Martian parliament about colonisation plans, with the colonies minister indicating that there were 'no plans'. However, the government soon revealed a white paper in 2000 titled Mars 2025: Growth, Expansion and Colonisation, which highlighted the use of humans in order to populate Mars. After some test cases were performed by Martian intelligence agencies on Earth, it was decided that the age range of humans will be 12-19 years old and preferably female. Now that the basis of the colonisation plans were completed, the Human Colonisation Act 2002 was passed in the Martian parliament and established further plans in order to ensure that colonisation will be successful.