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> a space exploration plan As you talk about a dramatic disaster touching billions of people, would you mind to explain me how space exploration could make a d
by pif 9y ago
> a space exploration plan
As you talk about a dramatic disaster touching billions of people, would you mind to explain me how space exploration could make a dent in such a colossal situation?
- dsr_ 9y agoAh, that's easy. The best sites to test designs for sustainable colonies on Mars are in the deserts; the best sites to test designs for sustainable colonies on Europa are in the oceans; the best sites to test designs for sustainable colonies on asteroids are at the tops of mountains. Once you have sustainable colonies in the deserts, the oceans and the mountaintops, you have much less urgency to move them out to space...
- kfk 9y agoIf you put yourself on a very long term trajectory, say 500 years, don't you think the only way to make a dent on the situation is space? I mean, what else would you do as a species? How else would you make sure humanity has a bright future?