About Pro-Mars and Pro-Space militants

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, omar vega wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> I think that this discusion makes no sense at all.
>
> Why trying to colonize Mars OR the space? Why there
> has to be an "OR".

Unless you live in George Bush's America, there is always an "or"
because we all have to live within our means. It's unlikely that we
can afford to do both visions. Yet, even if we could do both, we're
still left with the unanswered question, of "why terraform Mars."
There are plenty of reasons to develop orbital infrastructure but none
for Mars other than romantic fantasies.

TangoMan