Teraforming seems interesting and could be a possibility in the future. However, I am more interested in the social and ethical exploration that will be occuring. The adventure to a new planet seems, as some have pointed out, a chance to reform society or challange previous concepts.

In this new society with limited sexual partners an no competition for resources/status, is monogomy or polygomy prevalant?

How does the removal of a tangibile authority figure affect this new society? Eg. Crime is not dealt with through a court of law anymore since a person who is the offender can not be sent back to Earth.

It's pretty cool and could go totally The Beach or have the potential to be something more healthy and efficient.

Have you ever heard of the experiment with the 5 monkies? Well this is a pretty big opportunity to do things that just -aren't- done that way around here.

I realllly want to go to Mars. I want to be apart of that. Plus all the cool experiments.