Why are we going to Mars? (Score 0)

It must be asked. Why go to Mars? For no good reason really.

Humans must determine why we are attempting to establish a means to which sustained, and maybe even permanent, life be possible away from home(earth).

The answer is obviously to preserve the race. We need to be able to pack the bags, run out the back door, and say goodbye and never come back.

So, why then just see if we can go to Mars ? We need to have the best scientists, funded by the wealthiest entities, researching possible ways to live in space for indefinite amounts of time. Maybe a colony on another satelite would be the best first step. And that colony would have to be able to provide for it's new inhabitants with enough resources to sustain us and power our machinery. This way, by having effectively settled in two relatively distinct locations of space, we have increased our chances of survival two fold.

But it's not enough. We would need to accomplish the same goals as often as possible. Also ,work would have to be done on a self-sustaining space city/shuttle/satelite.

Oh well. Just my opinion. Not that it really matters.