Doubtful we'll find intelligient life in this solar system though. That's the main goal, finding life out there and if there is a planet exactly like our own.
Our planet has been through so much already to make our existence possible, god knows if somewhere out there, the exact same has happened.
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That's what they say to the public, but I'm sure if valuable resources are found and the funds to seize them are available, they'll stop caring about "intelligent" life much.
Moreover, like I said earlier, first steps first. Finding unicellular life would be nice.
Back when smartphones where fairly new and I got my first, I'd spend LOTS of time in the bathroom reading wiki articles about space related stuff and physics. Sometimes my poor legs would go numb! It fascinates me.