The concentration of resources involved in getting people to and on Mars, will as a side effect also open up these areas on Earth for habitation.
The same effect occured with the space race. Instead of standing around saying it's impossible, our species rose to the challenge and as a side effect the technologies developed ended up altering our lives on earth in fundamental ways.
We are doing it because it is hard. Because we know the payoff for achieving difficult things.
The concentration of resources involved in getting people to and on Mars, will as a side effect also open up these areas on Earth for habitation.
The same effect occured with the space race. Instead of standing around saying it's impossible, our species rose to the challenge and as a side effect the technologies developed ended up altering our lives on earth in fundamental ways.
We are doing it because it is hard. Because we know the payoff for achieving difficult things.