Even if we fail at creating a Mars colony that can grow without continuous support from Earth, the absurdly ambitious nature of the goal nonetheless results in the creation of alien-level technology that is crushingly better than competitors who merely aim for Earth orbit.
@libsoftiktok If it's a parliament don't they have a parliamentary Speaker? Most of them in the world would have called them out of order for having a demonstration on the floor but it looks like he was afraid of being "culturally intensive."