Mars holds great potential for humanity, and we as humans should do the correct thing to allow that potential to be best developed, which is to let Mars develop as a free and independent branch of humanity.
President Putin made three foundational assumptions in launching his war against Ukraine that should have been correct but were not. First, Putin assumed the invasion of Ukraine would be a quick and easy fight. Second, he assumed the world would denounce the invasion but tacitly allow it. Third, Putin assumed the war would deter NATO expansion.