Originally Posted by themisfithitman

True as that is, the ability to know how to construct and maintain life on a not-so hospitable planet would be an invaluable piece of knowledge to have on our journey to either extraterrestrial, or even outside of the solar system, colonization.

The ability to have Mars act as a 'pit stop', so to speak, for space ships on their way to explore the solar system. I never said it was a perfect idea, I simply stated that it could be the beginning of something bigger than many of the plans going on now.