> Any ship capable of bringing people to Mars would be infinitely more habitable than Mars itself. A ship only has the mass it brings with it. On Mars you hav

> Any ship capable of bringing people to Mars would be infinitely more habitable than Mars itself. A ship only has the mass it brings with it. On Mars you have an atmosphere and mineral resources, from which you can make building materials and rocket fuel. The asteroid belts are probably worth visiting too, but I can understand wanting to go to Mars. It's probably the most Earth-like environment in the solar system excepting the Earth itself.