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I have a couple people I would be absolutely delighted to send on such a trip, even knowing the science return would be hardly significant.

As Robert Zubrin has said, if there were an open invitation for volunteers to be the first explorers to Mars, they would be lined up coast to coast.

I would not sure if anyone on my list would volunteer, but I would be more than happy to send them against their will ;-)

Mars needs politicians.