[Wonder Warthog]

"I never really got the interplanetary exploration thing. I guess it’s lack of oxygen and how to freight it there that gets in front of my logic for it."

Knowledge, and natural resources in the future. Besides, man is curious.

[Clutch Martin]

I understand the curiosity and the “need” to discover, but my inference was purely logistical.

Right now, with our current technology, the only viable solution would have to be robotics.

Mars seems to be about the limit of endurance for human travel.