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How is the FAA blocking environmental protection programs? It's important that we explore, but exploring won't fix the mess we've made.
by lttlrck 5y ago
How is the FAA blocking environmental protection programs? It's important that we explore, but exploring won't fix the mess we've made.
- mulmen 5y agoIt could. That's pretty much the entire argument in favor of exploration actually. We are going to need far more advanced technology than we have today if we are going to reverse the effects of climate change. If we move heavy industry to space that can dramatically reduce our carbon emissions here on Earth. The technology to do that may also lead to breakthroughs in other areas like energy generation or storage. I run thousands of hours of batch data processing jobs a day. They aren't particularly time sensitive, as long as they finish in a day I am happy. There's no reason the computers doing that need to be on Earth consuming precious water and electricity resources.