[miliantnutcase]

Can't we just skip this process and go right to the development of giant space battleships filled with space marines ready to unleash hell onto nasty alien planets.

[anymouse]

All joking aside, if aliens do exist, we better have bigger weapons and faster spaceships than they do, before we go "knocking on their backdoor asking to borrow a cup of sugar."

If Mars does have life, then we best make sure that we are on the top of the food chain when we get there.