A visitor from Mars could easily pick out the civilized nations. They have the best implements of war.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Perhaps the best motivation for going to Mars is political. It is obvious that no single nation currently has either the will or the resources to do it alone, but a consortium of nations and space agencies could achieve it within 20 years.
It's great that people are interested in Mars.
I would suspect strongly that over a period of time, if we put our mind to going to Mars, it will be a consortium of several countries.
Britain should definitely be part of a Mars mission.
Every couple of years, we could dispatch people from Earth to Mars.
If you want a nation to have space exploration ambitions, you've got to send humans.
Mars is key to humanity's future in space. It is the closest planet that has all the resources needed to support life and technological civilization. Its complexity uniquely demands the skills of human explorers, who will pave the way for human settlers.
We could have human intelligence in orbit around Mars, building things there.
People will visit Mars, they will settle mars, and we should because it's cool.
Every day, we get a little bit closer to the kind of expertise and the kind of experience we're going to need to go there. I'd love to be the guy walking on Mars.
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