Is there life on Mars..?

Now the celebrations about the Apollo Moon landings have died down the question is now being raised about sending a Man (or Woman) to Mars.

Considering the original cost of the Apollo programme has been estimated at 23 billion dollars is this really the right time to even consider sending a human being to Mars. With current U.S debt at a staggering 11.6 TRILLION DOLLARS (see below)

Visit the U.S. National Debt Clock

and UK national debt at a mind boggling 800 BILLION POUNDS !

the only people we should be even considering sending to Mars are politicians and bankers !