NASA is about to launch a 1 ton rover on mars and even if the mission in a compleat failure they have already sent enough stuff to the Mars that we know a lot a

NASA is about to launch a 1 ton rover on mars and even if the mission in a compleat failure they have already sent enough stuff to the Mars that we know a lot about the planet's geology, history, chemistry, and have a fairly high resolution imaging of the entire surface. The only meaningful step after this is a self sustaining colony on Mars that can exist without supply's from earth. Everything else IMO is just showmanship. PS: Yea I know a solid manufacturing base plus 5+ million people might seem like several steps away, but until that happens we don't have meaningful levels of redundancy, just an outpost that would take a while to die off. (bad vacation) http://verydemotivational.memebase.com/2010/10/22/demotivational-posters-bad-vacation/ http://verydemotivational.memebase.com/2010/10/22/demotivati...