Complete insanity for sure but if it's possible at all, they'll do it as long es there are the necessary ressources on earth enabling them to do it. Even Buzz Aldrin is pressing forward and told D. Trump of late that he had been unimpressed with NASA. They'll probably miss the target several times before there's a hit. One of Germany's contribution is to enable them to bioprint human tissue and bones for crew members - which, meanwhile, will most likely be used on earth.
They say there is frozen water at the Martian poles. If so, there is one element that humans would need to survive. There are obstacles but given human ingenuity, I think that humans will go to Mars and beyond. If we don't destroy ourselves first. I'd love to be here to see it and maybe go.
Author Of “The Martian” Says Colonizing Mars Is a Bad Idea "Establishing a colony on Mars is incredibly technically challenging and expensive." “It makes sense to have a semi-permanent station on the moon (where humans don’t stay permanently due to radiation concerns but can relatively easily transfer back-and-forth to Earth) for launching to Mars or other places, and for doing science on and from the moon,” Hendrix wrote.