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would it be easier and a better investment to change ourselves? replace mitochondria with something that doesn't need oxygen to produce ATP. If you're planning
by monkeycantype 9y ago
would it be easier and a better investment to change ourselves? replace mitochondria with something that doesn't need oxygen to produce ATP. If you're planning on you and you descendants spending forever exploring space, would you want to be vacuum native?
- gonvaled 9y agoInteresting, but is it doable? It is not only breathing that needs refactoring: how do we resist very low pressures? What about radiation? What else needs a complete overhaul?
- pataoAoC 9y agoI really like the Hyperion Cantos - the Ousters make exactly that decision, to forego terraforming in favor of self-modification. Naturally, the natural humans vilify and hunt them. http://hyperioncantos.wikia.com/wiki/Ousters http://hyperioncantos.wikia.com/wiki/Ousters