These people are incredibly stupid. They somehow think colonizing mars is easier than regulating the environment here on earth, somehow think elon as dictator is better than any earth government, are interested in putting undertested and sketchy implants into their brain even without a proposed use case, and seem to think that the only reason we don't regularly visit mars is because we don't have a big enough rocket, as if easy access to tons of powdered rust is economically useful.

Flying to another planet on a rocket is obviously very different, the goal is way more interesting than the challenge of living in a hostile environment. Even if it's ultimately a useless exercise for humanity.

Or how people aren't in a hurry to build homes inside an airless radioactive walk-in freezer, which is still way more livable than Mars.

Gosh we can only hope all the rich people shoot themselves to mars with no return trip though. What a dream that would be for the rest of us.

think of it this way: you go there, work for a company, in a spare time, you find gold, raise capital to start mining it, got rich, build a huge house with swimming pools, and all the rich attributes, but on Mars. Mars will be colonized with great mixture of science and initiative people. Your kids will grew up in this environment, they'll receive best education and endless room for possibilities.

Think of it as a startup, everyone who will go first will use benefits, own land, know how to do business of constantly growing colony.

Don't let this distract us from important work building the Solar Lander