The concept of LEO being "ridiculously easy to get too" is mad. No amateur rocket has made orbit or even come close. The difficulty of building a vehicle to ma

The concept of LEO being "ridiculously easy to get too" is mad. No amateur rocket has made orbit or even come close. The difficulty of building a vehicle to make LEO is not comparable to building one to raise altitude once in orbit. LEO to GEO is less than half the delta-v of surface to LEO. It is routinely done by satellites alone. The only reason getting to GEO is particularly hard is because you have to get to LEO first. You are right about transfer to Mars, though.