[twobitshifter]

I think mars settlement is an eventuality, someone will be there. I also think that settlement of mars has a huge first mover advantage, maybe unlike anything else in human history. It may even come before that with the first permanent lunar base and launch platform.

[Ekaros]

I actually doubt that. Unless they also ship massive number of very specialized and power weapon systems.

Planets are big, like absolutely massive. You can easily catch up, specially if you get intel on inevitable failures of first movers.