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> We don't yet have the technology to colonize a single other body in our own solar system Is it? Or is it that no one wants to put any resources into that bec
by sebazzz 8y ago
> We don't yet have the technology to colonize a single other body in our own solar system
Is it? Or is it that no one wants to put any resources into that because you would probably get very little out of it.
We are a money-based mostly capitalistic society, so unless there is any gain any entity whether it be a government or commercial company, investments in development of technology or actually attempting colonisation will not get anywhere anytime soon.
- jcranmer 8y agoIf you define colonize as "build a self-sustaining colony," that is very much outside of our current capabilities. We don't know how to build a self-sustaining biosphere, let alone one any body so fundamentally hostile to life as Mars or any other rocky body in the planet.