So now people want to go to Mars?

More than 100,000 people are eager to make themselves at home on another planet. They've applied for a one-way trip to Mars, hoping to be chosen to spend the rest of their lives on uncharted territory, according to an organization planning the manned missions. The Mars One project wants to colonize the red planet, beginning in 2022. There are financial and practical questions about this venture that haven't been clarified. Will there be enough money? Will people really be able to survive on Mars? But these haven't stopped some 30,000 Americans from signing up. Why should it? If they want to live on Mars, that's their problem. Earth is better because there's over seven billion people here to share the experience with, and you won't have to rebuild society anew because you're not transferring to another planet with none of the modern conveniences we take for granted here on Earth. But there are some people that need to rebuild their state of mind. For instance, some young HIV patients are giving up their medicine after being told by Pentecostal Church pastors to rely on faith in God instead. Medical staff told the BBC a minority of pastors in England were endangering young church members by putting them under pressure to stop medication. The Children's HIV Association surveyed 19 doctors and health professionals working with babies and children in England; its members had reported hearing anecdotal evidence of HIV patients deciding to stop taking their anti-retroviral drugs because their pastors had told them to do so. Among 10 doctors who said they had encountered the problem in the last five years, 29 of their patients had reported being put under pressure to stop taking medicine and at least 11 had done so. Seriously, this God person isn't doing you any favours. Nobody should be listening to pastors who don't know what they're talking about. Just stick to your medication.