How would sending a few dozen people to the subzero anoxic radioactive and sterile desert known as Mars help Humanity? Would be cool, don't get me wrong, but utterly useless for anything other than scientific research.
That's why Musk's plan it to send a lot more so they can keep the human species going if human life on earth is destroyed by, say, a meteorite.
That's why Musk's plan it to send a lot more so they can keep the human species going if human life on earth is destroyed by, say, a meteorite.