Assuming there would be a middle class and we didn’t destroy ourselves or ended up in a dystopia.

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    Why would they want to?

    Even in a best case scenario the only thing to do on Mars is to sit inside some kind of bio-dome drinking recycled urine hoping that the destillation process didn’t remove all of the alcohol from yesterday’s batch.

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      We’re at a point where people can visit Antarctica for the price of a used car and it is likely that price will drop in the future as development outside of science starts occurring. Antarctica is a cold desolate continent where you’re either inside or wearing specialty survival gear.

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        I first saw that about 20 years ago and it was mighty tempting. Sometimes I regret not going for it