Although I understand your points, I don't think a mission to Mars should be viewed as just an adventure, a cool thing people can do when they can spare resources. We, as a species, are natural explorers and we yearn to discover our place in the universe(s) and how everything works. Without dreaming, experimenting or trying to solve difficult problems, we would still be stuck in the same primitive caves wondering if our next meal will be our last.
Arguing that we don't have enough money to invest in space exploration is ridiculous. We have the money, but we rather use it on other things we find more important, like military weapons to blow each other up. Which, if we think about it, is another reason to start thinking of alternate places to stay outside Earth... So going to Mars isn't pointless, at all. Think of all the "pointless" discoveries we made just in the last few centuries and how it, sooner or later, changed our lives so drastically.
Newton once said: "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants". Well, we're in a position now where we can see beyond what Newton saw in his time, but sadly some of us are still here arguing how it's all too challenging and difficult and pointless. Pointless?? Going to Mars IS the next logical step for us as species; not because we intend to leave Earth soon, but because everything we learn from that experience will help our species survive in the long run, in one way or the other. If you guys can't see that now, comfortably typing on your cellphones, watching tv series, experiencing everything some of these giants never had the chance to see and not realizing how many obstacles they had to face to get us to where we are, ...then I don't know what to tell you anymore.
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