There are a lot of people who are excited about the prospect of sending people to Mars. This is a possibility that was thought about for quite a long time. In the 70s, people thought that it would be possible and now, decades later, this expedition has not happened yet. The answer to this is simple. There are just too many things that are happening in this world right now.
NASA does not have enough funds anymore in order to sustain the type of explorations that they want which includes a manned expedition going to Mars. Only time will tell if this project will actually take place in the future.