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Yes and no. Society won't survive on earth because earth's society is dependent on fragile supply chains which in turn depend on everything being ok. A Martian
by elsonrodriguez 6y ago
Yes and no. Society won't survive on earth because earth's society is dependent on fragile supply chains which in turn depend on everything being ok.
A Martian society would survive by virtue of already being equipped to operate in a hellscape.
- andrewfromx 6y agoyeah but dehrmann is saying, changing Earth to operate in a hellscape level A is way easier than solving the mars hellscape level B...
- alexvoda 6y agoNot really, because we can take our time and plan and research and try and fail how to operate in mars hellscape level B. When earth hellscape level A happens there will be no more time left to prepare.
- andrewfromx 6y agoah yes, the political will to do this to earth is not there.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoYup. And unlike on Earth, getting self-sustained settlements on Mars to work is actually within the motivations of at least some people with resources - which makes it a perfect way to develop technologies we need on Earth to hedge against catastrophes, but that we otherwise won't develop because it's not immediately profitable. This alone is a reason to support the space program. The excitement and curiosity it taps into gives us an opportunity to fund science and technologies we need longer-term, that are otherwise unfundable.