Wow. Thanks for the great write-up comrade <3.

I think I've misunderstood your original post. It's not like I'm totally against space exploration, I believe that humans can achieve anything when they put their minds to it. It's just that, in the current climate on Earth, I doesn't look feasible. The idea of sending several crews to Mars and seeing them well fed, with all their equipment and sheltering them from the elements would still demand serious investment (that no one on a profit driven planet is willing to make) and even more serious planing than it seems we can muster in this era. The main proponent of this whole endeavor is still a man who's intention is not space exploration for the sake of it but the generation of proffit. We also have to consider the reaction time that we would have in case of something going wrong there. I still don't think it's an acceptable risk to send humans on such a dangerous endeavor.

However, I stand corrected on the points regarding the science, you're absolutely right and I am sorry for talking out of my ass, I hope I didn't anger you too much.