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> I'm just saying it's probably unwise to focus and spend time and money on this right now. We probably won't even make it to that day. It's better to learn to
by com2kid 10y ago
> I'm just saying it's probably unwise to focus and spend time and money on this right now. We probably won't even make it to that day. It's better to learn to live on Earth responsibly and then maybe, once we've learned our lessons, start looking further.
I'm quite thankful none of the European powers said "you know, we really should stabilize things here before we try and head west".
And when they landed in America? They KEPT PUSHING. In every single direction. Through revolutions, bloody coups, and multiple changes of government back in Europe, people kept exploring and expanding.
Perfect is the enemy of good.
- dsabanin 10y agoPeople from Europe colonized America because it's a beautiful continent, with great climate, a ton of gold and so on. Even if they didn't know that, that's what they were hoping for. Elon on the other hand is trying to colonize a known deserted wasteland and propose it as a viable future home for humanity.
- suyash 10y agoThis is a big assumption that Mars is deserted. No one (including Musk) has right to colonize any species humans or aliens.