re: Colonizing Mars- really what’s the point?

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You do realize that these stars are trillions of miles away and that even the most optimistic outlook on space travel and physics would put the travel time at somewhere between 50,000 - 100,000 years.

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:facepalm:

Yes, I am aware of that.

Despite the phrase used, the point is human expansion beyond earth.

Eventually the building of colonies on other planets within our solar system.

The moon
Mars

Figuring out how to use the resources outside of our planet.

The groundwork has to start somewhere.

This idea that it is too far in the future, so why should we even bother, is crap.