How Soon Can we settle on mars What Problems Are stoping us

Reasons why we should hurry ) Theirs money to be maid in some form or another , It's Would be the greatest step in Mankind , This would be A great Achievement for mankind

Reasons why we shouldn't ) Land grabbing is human nature Borders will be drawn, and those who can't get at the riches of mars will fight those who can it after all Mars is the Roman God of War.

1) Money
2) Political Will
3) Public Support
4) Technology

Just about in that order.

It takes 214 days (shortest time, if the launch date is missed, it will take much longer) just to get to mars. Suggesting we start sending over workers, supplies, and tools would be insane. Until we are capable of getting there in weeks, it just doesn't make sense. Beside that, there are countless other things preventing it (lack of water, extreme weather, oxygen differences).

Judging by how fast technology is going, it does seem possible that we will do it in our lifetime, but it won't be for decades.

Yes, there are dust storms on Mars, so a maid would have to bring a really big dust mop, and you would have to pay her a lot of money, if you actually got to Mars.

"And there's no one there to raise them, if you did."

Here in the real world, we know that travel to Mars isn't going to happen. Something that is hypothetically possible to do ISN'T necessarily the right thing to do. We COULD try to build an apartment building under the sea. Why not? Well, it might leak and then everyone would die and you'd be sued into next Tuesday. Better just build on land. Lots of land around, anyway. The fact that an acre of land in downtown Tokyo is more expensive than in Grand Marais, Minnesota just shows that people are basically silly. All that effort making the world interconnected online and so many don't even realize its happening.