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Not everyone is doing this, but I see a lot of smart people assuming that the people going to Mars must necessarily have the current version 1.x human body plan
by natch 6y ago
Not everyone is doing this, but I see a lot of smart people assuming that the people going to Mars must necessarily have the current version 1.x human body plan. Sure, at the beginning, some will. But in the timeframes we are looking at, it is highly likely that we can start the process of incrementally engineering bodies to be adaptable to Mars, not just the other way around. And Mars is just the beginning.
- paulryanrogers 6y agoMars is only the beginning? Gravity wells take a lot of fuel to escape. Doubtful we'll be bouncing around the stars without some major breakthroughs in physics.
- gpm 6y agoVenus? The moon? The various moons in the outer solar system? Agreed that interstellar travel is a ways out if ever... (though it doesn't require physics breakthroughs, just massive engineering breakthroughs. There's enough hydrogen in the solar system to make fusion powered thrusters theoretically possible).
- natch 6y agoSome moons of Saturn are interesting. And breakthroughs in physics do happen and there’s a lot between here and “bouncing around the stars.”
- natch 6y agoYou’re ignoring the part where I suggested that the “we” you mention would be redesigned to be amenable to that sort of stuff.