The presidential campaign of Democratic presidential candidate David Anderson who some people call the Kennedy of the 21st century. His campaign was supported by a large group of Mars Society members, coming from different directions in science and business. It was aimed to finally open the New Frontier. In 2020 Anderson was elected President of the USA and in his term of office two manned missions to Mars, a Mars base, a Lunar base and the Mars Act were accomplished.

In the early 21st century the road was set for a manned mission to Mars. This mission became a cooperation between the different space agencies around the world and would be the main instigator for the foundation of the International Space Agency [ISA] in 2030. In the USA public interest in the coming mission was dropping in the second decenium of the 21st century. The starting date of the mission was then still at around 2030. In 2015 the Mars Society started a campaign to increase public interest. Within the campaign one person drew most of the attention, David Anderson, the head of public relations and figurehead of the Mars Society. The Mars Society campaign gave David Anderson the opportunity to step out in the open and announce his bid for the presidency of the United States. His presidential campaign, better known as the 2019-2020 'Vote for Mars' campaign was supported by the Mars Society. It advocated, besides the normal democratic issues of better public health and security, to put a man on Mars within the next decade. In 2023 'The First' landed on Mars.