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Earth is not the best place to live, scientists say
- PaulHoule 6y agoInterstellar travelers learn to "live off the land" from comets that are packed with water, methane, carbon monoxide, ammonia, all of what you need for life and technology. Ready for a journey of hundreds if not hundreds of thousands of years, interstellar travelers will be perfectly adjusted to space lifestyles and wouldn't find dry planets interesting. I mean, here on Earth it takes 10^15 kg of material to hold your feet personally to the surface of this planet as opposed to more like 10^6 kg for a space colony of some sort. (e.g. you get the whole habitat for the ocean and atmosphere!)