There’s not a strong utilitarian reason to send humans to Mars, just like there is not a strong utilitarian reason to send people to the summits of high mountai

There’s not a strong utilitarian reason to send humans to Mars, just like there is not a strong utilitarian reason to send people to the summits of high mountains. But people still are enamored of the high mountains. I think that is basically because, at their core, most people’s deepest feelings about human life are also not utilitarian.