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I mean SpaceX is trying to colonize mars, if it doesn't manage to pull off this risky gambit we might as well make our only livable planet unlivable in the proc

I mean SpaceX is trying to colonize mars, if it doesn't manage to pull off this risky gambit we might as well make our only livable planet unlivable in the process. Seems like a good way to operate. At least we will have some cool space tech too.

twofornone 5y ago
Spacex drilling a well to fuel its rocket is not going to have any measurable effect on climate change. And an "unlivable" planet is essentially a hypothetical black swan event, extremely low probably worst case event. This is hysteria.
lazide 5y ago
There is currently no known way a Mars colony could be economically self sustaining or self contained. Literally zero. So unless there is something truly magical up someone’s sleeve, we need to keep Earth workable for us for the foreseeable future. And I think that is a good thing.
- bserge 5y ago
  Fuck Mars, all those asteroids are going to be way more valuable for Earth. Getting to them needs the same exact industry.
  - lazide 5y ago
    Also more energy efficient as no need to climb back out of a deep gravity well!