Elon Musk has built a $12
billion company
in an endeavor to pave the way to Mars for humanity. He insists that Mars is a
"long-term insurance policy" for "the light of consciousness"
in the face of climate change, extinction events, and our recklessness with
technology.
On the other hand, astronaut Chris Hadfield is skeptical: "Humanity is not going extinct," he told me. He added: "There's no great compelling reason to go, apart from curiosity, and that's not going to be enough to sustain the immense cost necessary with the technology that exists right now."Read here>> http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/10/tech/mars-humanity-conversation/index.html