Go ahead and develop Mars. I don't see the profit in that. For one thing there are no private property rights on Mars. For another, there is no economic incentive. And, furthermore, it seems like a low goal for someone who wants to develop outer space.
>there are no private property rights on Mars
Not until someone gets there who can hold his property, no.
> it seems like a low goal for someone who wants to develop outer space.
It is *a* goal. There is no end-goal.
Complaints about various locations in space always amuse me. The Marsoids who go ape at the suggestion of lunar missions, for instance.