Space travel?

What are the benefits of humans traveling and investigating mars
instead of robots like the mars rover?

We can FINALLY confirm stuff duh.

Because ..it would be a prelude to humans being able to exist for long periods in outerspace and on another planets.
This is what I call....one more step being taken for human achievement.

we can see if we are able to live on mars

humans are versatile.

a robot can be programed to do 100 tasks, and frustrate the hell out of the programmers because it cant do ONE thing slightly different that would give better results.

a really interesting finding (tho not particularly nice one) would be seeing if humans living in 1/3 g for a long period of time suffer then same kinds of bone-loss that astronauts in micro-gravity do.

It takes a lot less energy to get a small robot to Mars than it would a human. The life-support systems and safety systems for humans account for a huge proportion of the cost of manned missions.

However, robots cannot make on-the spot decisions and creatively get out of difficult situations. They cannot (yet) repair themselves or their support systems. Mission controllers of robotic missions have limited options of taking advantage of unexpected discoveries than a manned mission would.

Humans are able to do many more things than the mars rover because the mars rover only has a set amount of tools. Plus the life expectancy of robots is usually low, only a couple of months or years. If the rover has a mechanical problem, who will fix it? Although in order to travel and investigate mars people must learn more about how we can live in space and mars for long periods of time.

Ah, going to Mars is a HUGE step.
For one, we can say we beat out the dang Russians!
Secondly, it's so amazing we're even starting to put modules on the red planet, we've waited for quite some time.
It's our human nature to want to discover, and it's exactly what we're doing right now, exploring the next planet that POSSIBLY could be humans new home- NASA's shimmying to the edge of their seats but they won't be completely there until someone is lucky enough to land on the Martian surface.
Which won't happen until 2037 I'm guessing.
It's so much better to say 'Hey, I've been to Mars!' rather than
saying 'oh yeah, i sent a ROBOT to Mars!'
Actually putting a person on Mars is MUCH more significant. It's definitely a greater accomplishment. Not only that but it'll help us see how humans can interact on the red planet- great stepping stone for the future generations that lie ahead to actually live on it.