Going off a tangent here, but global warming is pretty much our alpha-version of terraforming other planets. We also have to be clear what the end goal is for

Going off a tangent here, but global warming is pretty much our alpha-version of terraforming other planets. We also have to be clear what the end goal is for being on Mars. Is it to have a permanent research base or an actual livable planet where you can go outside and not die without a spacesuit. They're radically different.