Terraforming Mars

> I've had so many arguments with Mars advocates who couldn't accept
that
> the first permanent settlements beyond the Earth will be built in
> support of the first business plans which necessarily involve people,
> which serve a current market, and which can show a ROI. They think it
> will be based on which locations command the most affection among
space
> advocates, but that's not the right answer.

Do you think your Mars afficionados might also be displaying a bit
of 'gravity-well bias'? I think until we reach a point where we have a
number of generations of 'tin-can bred' colonists, that a lot of people
can't/don't get their mind around living on anything other than a
planetary surface...