We are witnessing the enormous breakthroughs of space technology, which will eventually allow us to reach Mars. However, it seems that the technological evolution is expanding at a faster rate than the moral development. Are we ethically ready to take human beings to Mars? Will it be a private company the first one that manages to take us there? Should we colonize Mars or leave it like it is right now? Are astrobiological interests being contemplated when discussing human presence in Mars? These are some of the questions that we must answer since the moment of stepping on Mars does not seem to be far away. Therefore, the objective of this article is to evaluate the idea of Mars being a free planet from any of Earth's governments, and to analyse the idea of colonizing Mars considering that by doing that we could seriously endanger native life. What it proposed is that its unavoidable that we will reach Mars, however, we may not be prepared as humanity and this is something that we must face.

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火星：一个自由的星球？

我们正在目睹太空技术的巨大突破，这最终将使我们能够到达火星。然而，似乎技术发展的速度比道德发展的速度更快。我们在道德上准备好将人类带到火星吗？会是第一个设法把我们带到那里的私人公司吗？我们应该殖民火星还是让它保持现状？在讨论人类在火星上的存在时，是否考虑了天体生物学的兴趣？这些是我们必须回答的一些问题，因为踏上火星的那一刻似乎并不遥远。因此，本文的目的是评估火星是地球上任何政府的自由星球的想法，并分析殖民火星的想法，考虑到这样做会严重危及本土生命。