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> If they could terraform another planet, they could probably just fix mars instead. So why do humans find it easier to conceive of terraforming Mars, than to
by rabidrat 8y ago
> If they could terraform another planet, they could probably just fix mars instead.
So why do humans find it easier to conceive of terraforming Mars, than to just fix our planet instead?
- krapp 8y agoTerraforming Mars is more adventurous and romantic.
- eindiran 8y agoIt's the same reason that software engineers love greenfielding projects. Architecting clean, fresh systems is romantic! You won't make any of the mistakes that you've now learned from! All this needless complexity can be done away with once and for all.