Kelly has engineering degrees from the University of Delaware and Cornell University. Kelly believes there are many reasons to travel to Mars. For one, to search for present or past life. Second, to learn how to better take care of the Earth. Finally, to simply find another place for humans to live.
Humanity does have one home at the moment.
Mars is our best neighbor. That would be the logical place to establish another branch of humanity. Kelly said Mars would be a better fit for human life than the moon because it has an atmosphere and mineral resources. A trip to Mars would take about six months using recent technology. We were storming heaven.