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> Terraforming Mars is a long term vision and not one we'll see in our lifetimes. If you define "terraforming" as "engineering a planet for safe long-term mass
by munificent 6y ago
> Terraforming Mars is a long term vision and not one we'll see in our lifetimes.
If you define "terraforming" as "engineering a planet for safe long-term mass human habitation", I would really rather we focus our terraforming efforts on Earth. We're currently not doing a great job at that and it's a several orders of magnitude easier problem.
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- TeMPOraL 6y agoWhy not both? You get to build up knowledge on planetary engineering in parallel and create survival technologies to hedge against us failing to regulate climate and create a long-term backup for humanity.