What does Mars exploration mean to our everyday life?

We’ve all heard about some exploration to Mars, but why are we going there and how is that connected to our everyday life on the Earth?

Astrophysicist Denis Bastieri offered an interesting view. He argues that exploration to Mars will be just like missions to the moon—spinning off technologies that are beneficial to everyone. And not only that, going to Mars also has great economic potential. Denis Bastieri is a Physics and Astronomy Professor at the University of Padova. He has been selected for the Thousand Talents Program as a Distinguished Professor at the Center for Astrophysics in Guangzhou University. His main interests lie in High-Energy and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics, in particular using Low-Power Computing and High-Throughput Computing to deal with Big Data.