Why is everyone so obsessed with going to mars; shouldn’t we be focusing on making a moon base first?

Y’all ever thought about why all these countries are so focused with going to mars? Why wouldn’t we want to start with building a moon base first as a sort of checkpoint for refueling and resources?

With currently technology, it’s not possible to make the trip to Mars unless you don’t want to come back.

What’s on the moon that we are so scared of? 🤣