I believe it would be more cost effective to suspend the manned space program and use robots until a compelling reason exist to send humans to another celestial body. We would still perform manned experiments in simulators without the expense on travel till necessary. This I believe would give us much more potential discovery than having to support a complete habitable environment for humans.
About Egberto Willies
Egberto Willies is a political activist, author, political blogger, radio show host, business owner, software developer, web designer, and mechanical engineer in Kingwood, TX. He is an ardent Liberal that believes tolerance is essential. His favorite phrase is “political involvement should be a requirement for citizenship”. Willies is currently a contributing editor to DailyKos, OpEdNews, and several other Progressive sites. He was a frequent contributor to HuffPost Live. He won the 2nd CNN iReport Spirit Award and was the Pundit of the Week.