If you want to establish intelligent life on Mars, the best way to do that is by establishing a human colony. Obviously this is unlikely to succeed but trying to evolve microbes into intelligent life is less likely by far.
The likelihood of success of establishing a human colony depends on the timeframe.
If there’s no major extinction event I would be surprised if we don’t have a human mars colony in 1000 years.
On the other hand having a colony in the next 50 years is a lot less likely.
If you want to establish intelligent life on Mars, the best way to do that is by establishing a human colony. Obviously this is unlikely to succeed but trying to evolve microbes into intelligent life is less likely by far.
The likelihood of success of establishing a human colony depends on the timeframe.
If there’s no major extinction event I would be surprised if we don’t have a human mars colony in 1000 years. On the other hand having a colony in the next 50 years is a lot less likely.