Because it's not about just landing on Mars and doing flags and footprints. It's about creating a self sustaining city on Mars. With the fundamental fork in the road of destiny being that Mars is sufficiently self-sustaining and can grow by itself if the resupply ships from Earth stop coming. for any reason, whether that is because civilization died with a bang or a whimper. But if the resupply ships are necessary for Mars to survive, then we have not created life insurance. (03:08–03:26)
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Asserts that Mars must become self-sustaining to ensure life insurance for humanity.
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