Comment by ithkuil
4 hours ago
The only advantage of terraforming Mars is that if you do it wrong you're not making it worse for anybody that lives there. It could be a good test bench if it wasn't for the elephant in the room: it takes a very long time to terraform a planet
There's also the tiny detail that we are technologically incapable at the moment.
Well, that's why it's a good idea to have a place to try things out, so we can learn.
But of course, doing that is highly impractical for many other reasons.