So, if I'm understanding this correctly, scientists have, after years of extensive study, have figured out that
THIS PLANET SUCKS!
Again, couldn't resist. Me and my bad puns!
Seriously, though, it's always good to see further evidence of a theory being on the right track. I find it pleasantly interesting that a patent clerk's insights into mathematics have time and again met the rigorous scrutiny of his peers over these many years. Truly great men of science are a rare breed indeed!
These days, science seems to have become a lot more trivial than in the old days... Now that various tools are now a part of our everyday lives (computers, cell phones, etc), people just don't pay as much attention.
Plus, most of the great barriers have been overcome (Flight, faster than sound, spaceflight, etc.). Faster than light is one of the few left, I think. Plus perhaps visiting a nearby solar system, which won't likely happen in my lifetime unless I hitch a ride at Area 51 or something...
Mars is simply a matter of time in my book. It'd be a bigger deal if it currently had life on it. As it is, I look it as simply a bigger, grander moonshot. We'll live there IF WE HAVE TO, but otherwise just visit occasionally.