Mars is currently out of Human reach.
For those who believe we could send a person to Mars, one must realize that those probes being discussed took the better part of *nine months* to get from Earth to Mars. Imagine having to pack sufficient food, water, air, and other necessities for what will be essentially a year-and-a-half round trip.
There's also the matter of work cycles. Thanks to good design and prudent resource management, the Spirit and Opportunity rovers have been working long past their useful lives...and much longer than any human could stay on the red planet given the limited life-sustaining resources that could be packed not just for the lengthy round trip but for the stay there.
To put it simply, NASA and the ESA recognize that getting a person to Mars is not very high on the priority list. Put home concerns first, they believe, and I agree with them...especially when the general public thinks the money is best spent on concerns on good old terra firma.