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This is obviously correct but HN community is in total denial about the feasibility or even usefulness of living off Earth. It would be easier to live on the bo
by viburnum 7y ago
This is obviously correct but HN community is in total denial about the feasibility or even usefulness of living off Earth. It would be easier to live on the bottom of the ocean or a mile underground but nobody has schoolboy fantasies about that.
- jelliclesfarm 7y agoWe should not stop reaching for the stars. Or bottom of the ocean. I don’t understand what’s stopping people from fixing the earth’s climate crisis while a minuscule portion of our resources is used for space colonization.
- viburnum 7y agoYou can't do anything like space colonization on the cheap. The current manned space program isn't very expensive in the grand scheme of things, but it's hardly space colonization. Low earth orbit is only 250 miles away. If you get started right after breakfast you can go that far on a bike.