If the ISS is your go-to example of a space program, I can see why you think Mars would be a boondoggle. The ISS isn't a space mission; it's a political and di

If the ISS is your go-to example of a space program, I can see why you think Mars would be a boondoggle. The ISS isn't a space mission; it's a political and diplomatic mission that happens to be done in space.