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

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Seriously, what has happened to people? Humans went to the moon simply because it was there, now we’re too lazy/nihilistic/dull to imagine anything else?

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Their greatest fear is that someone might succeed and leave them behind. So they will do everything they can to prevent others from trying.

This isn’t just for colonizing other planets. This is for any attempt at trying something ambitious.

Ayn Rand wrote a book on these people.