Unperturbed, a consortium of American scientists and engineers filed a report on Tuesday that stridently makes the case for putting boots down on the surface of Mars. “We’re searching for life on Mars,” MIT aeronautics professor Dava Newman, who cochaired the committee that drafted the report, told Ars Technica. '”While NASA has successfully sent five remotely-controlled rovers to the planet’s surface, sending a crew there remains a distant prospect. Nonetheless, as we continue to search for extraterrestrial life, scientists are adamant that sending humans there could be a watershed moment for humanity. More on Mars: Scientists Find Evidence of Ancient Tropical Oasis on Mars