To Go or Not to go to Planet Mars!

It surprised me one day when I told my grandfather who is also an Indian army veteran that humans will be on Mars by 2027 or 2030, since he rarely watches science news.

“Isn’t it amazing?” - I asked

He smirked and said - "Humans' genesis and evolution on this planet has been extraordinary and will be considered one of the greatest miracles on earth. It is very contradictory that even after humans have been gifted with a life and a source to live it by planet earth while churning out a billion of years, here we are fighting each other, living our lives in most wasted ways possible, even with small disagreements between countries they become ready for war. What do you think will guarantee that Humans of mars will not screw that planet.?’

'Yes, that is true, but what if living on two planets gives humans a better chance to survive mass extinction?' I replied.

He replied, "I'm 76 now and who knows if I will live another 7 or 10 years to witness this." But I promise I won’t regret, as I’ve seen much humans in my entire life that I don’t wish to see more humans with a red background. If we die we die together, if we live we live together, I’m a veteran and that's what being human means to me.’

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We have saw an aggressive development in Space Exploration project last decade. But this rationale will always come as a deluge of dilemma, where powerful can suppress the weak and exploit their rights. In this context these are powerful and relatively weak countries.

What if a war is waiting on Mars for just humans to arrive for supreme power?

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