Mars is the next logical step in our space program. It's the challenge that's been staring us in the face for the past 30 years. It has water, it has carbon, it has geothermal energy, it has a 24 hour day. Mars is a place we can settle.
If you put out a call for volunteers for the first crew to Mars, they'd be lined up coast to coast.
There's a choice in life..
One either grows, or one decays.
Grows, or dies.
I think we should grow.
We either muster the courage to go, or we risk the possibility of stagnation and decay.