Science budgets are already so absurdly low that this idea of getting people to Mars will just sap them further. This just isn't wise spending given the priorit

Science budgets are already so absurdly low that this idea of getting people to Mars will just sap them further. This just isn't wise spending given the priorities that we have, like not destroying the planet further. For half a century we have been massively slashing science spending. From a peak of 2.5% GDP in 1962 steadily down to about 0.5% today. There's not much left.