They want to bring in conscription for all bankers, estate agents and hair dressers - and they can be on the first two ships sent out there because when we do find a new planet we want to make sure we can afford to live there and have a good haircut.
I think Matt Damon should be one of the first to go Mars as an honorary Space Cadets so that he can tend his potato garden in prep for our later arrival.
Bill Bixby should have gone ahead too because his Uncle Martin likely misses him greatly.