>Anything we might do in space or to try to live on Mars is much-much (much) more difficult than fixing what problems we have on Earth to keep it healthy and ha

>Anything we might do in space or to try to live on Mars is much-much (much) more difficult than fixing what problems we have on Earth to keep it healthy and habitable. This sounds true upon first glance, but is it really? Scientifically/technologically speaking you're certainly correct, but fixing Earth is also a political problem. I have much more faith in humanity's ability to create technology that saves Earth then I do to humanity's ability to put aside vested and/or selfish interests and work together for a common goal. The former is hopefully a matter of several (or more) generations, while the latter I imagine will never be "fixed."