Not only that but there's nobody there bc who tf actually wants to LIVE there? That's why. But research stations in the poles are exactly why it's useful to ha

Not only that but there's nobody there bc who tf actually wants to LIVE there? That's why. But research stations in the poles are exactly why it's useful to have research stations on other planets. It solves the "if only we could..." problem. As for his other points, microbial contamination can still happen with robots. I definitely agree that we should be sending more robots/rovers out to Mars before we send people as well as experiments like sending something to produce and store oxygen there just so we know it can be done. Hell, the rovers weren't even able to clean their own solar panels - at one point they had the fortune of a dust devil blowing the dust off the panels.