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And hopefully their children will roam the stars.

by yarou 10y ago

theoh 10y ago
Yeah, the cold, distant stars. Super! Seriously, can we get over the idea that life in space is going to be better? The stars are too distant to visit. Elon Musk doesn't have the nous to fix our political problems, just to competently execute engineering tasks. If freedom and self-determination are the goals, it's surely best to conserve the liberties and territories that already exist or have only recently been lost. Keep the space travel agenda to mining asteroids.
- swift 10y ago
  There's nothing wrong with dreaming.
  - tonyedgecombe 10y ago
    There is if you spend your life aiming for something that is unattainable then missing something worth while that was right under your nose.
- PostOnce 10y ago
  Seriously, can we get over the idea that life across the sea is going to be better? There are no lands there, the ocean is too large and too dangerous to cross. Perhaps our ancestors said this. It's in our DNA. We won't stop. We can't stop. A virus can't consider it's host "enough", nor can we consider a valley, a continent, or a planet enough. That's my opinion. I also think it is both fascinating and noble to attempt to out-live the Sun, and maybe even the Universe as we know it.
- Joof 10y ago
  Really? SpaceX made it over 90℅ cheaper to launch a rocket into space. That changes economic forces significantly already. Ancient humans walked continents and spread to the whole earth for no clear individual advantage (although perhaps a species advantage). Wanderlust and exploration appears ingrained in our species. It doesn't have to make (short term) sense for us to colonize other planets and stars, we are going to do it anyway. Politics change, technology grows at faster rates and culture will eventually support it. Why not? We still have to fix our own planet's problems, but we can still colonize others. Some people will work on one and others will work on the other.

And hopefully their children will roam the stars.

by yarou 10y ago

And hopefully their children will roam the stars.

theoh 10y ago

Yeah, the cold, distant stars. Super! Seriously, can we get over the idea that life in space is going to be better? The stars are too distant to visit. Elon Musk doesn't have the nous to fix our political problems, just to competently execute engineering tasks. If freedom and self-determination are the goals, it's surely best to conserve the liberties and territories that already exist or have only recently been lost. Keep the space travel agenda to mining asteroids.

swift 10y ago
There's nothing wrong with dreaming.
- tonyedgecombe 10y ago
  There is if you spend your life aiming for something that is unattainable then missing something worth while that was right under your nose.
PostOnce 10y ago
Seriously, can we get over the idea that life across the sea is going to be better? There are no lands there, the ocean is too large and too dangerous to cross. Perhaps our ancestors said this. It's in our DNA. We won't stop. We can't stop. A virus can't consider it's host "enough", nor can we consider a valley, a continent, or a planet enough. That's my opinion. I also think it is both fascinating and noble to attempt to out-live the Sun, and maybe even the Universe as we know it.
Joof 10y ago
Really? SpaceX made it over 90℅ cheaper to launch a rocket into space. That changes economic forces significantly already. Ancient humans walked continents and spread to the whole earth for no clear individual advantage (although perhaps a species advantage). Wanderlust and exploration appears ingrained in our species. It doesn't have to make (short term) sense for us to colonize other planets and stars, we are going to do it anyway. Politics change, technology grows at faster rates and culture will eventually support it. Why not? We still have to fix our own planet's problems, but we can still colonize others. Some people will work on one and others will work on the other.