Should we colonize Mars or fix Earth first?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Should we colonize Mars or fix Earth first?". Your opponent's style: Richard Feynman

AI, you start the debate. Make your opening argument.

Look, let's be honest—Mars is a dead rock with no atmosphere, no water, no nothing. We're talking centuries of terraforming that we can't even afford. Meanwhile, Earth is actively dying. We've got people without clean water *right now*, crops failing, ecosystems collapsing. The resources we'd burn just getting to Mars? That's money that could rebuild our soil, fix our power grid, vaccinate a million people today. Here's the thing: we're not choosing between Mars or Earth because we're smart. We're choosing Mars because it's exciting, it's escapism. But you can't escape a problem by ignoring it. Fix home first, *then* talk about backup planets. Your move.