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The idea of exploring and possibly colonizing other worlds has nothing to do with our ecology and everything to do with the fact that a comet could hit earth an
by tomphoolery 7y ago
The idea of exploring and possibly colonizing other worlds has nothing to do with our ecology and everything to do with the fact that a comet could hit earth and destroy our entire species at any moment and we wouldn't really have enough time to react properly. Add planets to your species and you reduce the chances that your entire civilization could be gone in an instance.
- beerandt 7y agoThey both require certain degrees of geo-engineering, even if the scopes are entirely different. I find it amusing that people who think 2-4 degrees over decades is an insurmountable problem, but creating an entire hospitable atmosphere on another planet is doable.