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Not in my life span thats for sure.
We lack the tech for it.
People can claim they can do it all they want but, even under the assumption we can get there properly, we lack the life support capabilities and the terraforming capabilities to actually make it habitable on a larger scale.
realistically, we need to do baby steps. I think getting someone landed and returned from mars is a much more reasonable milestone then getting someone there and then colonizing/terraforming. This will also give the chance for tech to catch up to the required capabilities we would need. Like we haven't even colonized the moon and people want to go to mars?
how this relates to the question is: Middle class won't be going to any celestial object until it's cost effect to do so, which won't be until there's a economical reason for it, which will require a colonization & an economy driver there.