Should you go to Mars? ft Bill Nye

I would move permanently to Mars if I could. Yeah, it would be hard and my life expectancy would be cut dramatically, but the same was true for Colonists in the 15th  and 16th centuries setting out for new worlds. Colonizing Mars would open up so many horizons, but most importantly it would keep us from putting all of our eggs in one basket. A single extinction level event could wipe out life on Earth, and in order for humans to survive we need to spread out.