I agree that we should be putting bases on the Moon, but not at the cost of doing the same on Mars (do both). Doing it on Mars has value in being a forcing func

I agree that we should be putting bases on the Moon, but not at the cost of doing the same on Mars (do both). Doing it on Mars has value in being a forcing function for attaining efficiency and self-sustainability that the Moon can’t due to its ease of accessibility, which can then be used to help grow our Moon presence to something larger than antarctic-style science outposts into something more permanent that can’t have the rug pulled out from under it by myopic politicians.