Thats why I say we take the moon(s) first...
Much easier to get to/from... And once we have bases there, we can more easily travel to/from the surface of Mars itself, all the time maintaing the Moon bases as a life-boat.
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Much easier to get to/from... And once we have bases there, we can more easily travel to/from the surface of Mars itself, all the time maintaing the Moon bases as a life-boat.