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It wouldn’t matter if there were no resources in space (which obviously is not true). Nothing has to be brought back ever. It does not have to be profitable. W
by erulabs 5y ago
It wouldn’t matter if there were no resources in space (which obviously is not true). Nothing has to be brought back ever. It does not have to be profitable.
What it has to do is allow life (maybe not even human life) to survive if either humans or anything else ends life on earth. It’s more than the survival of humanity - we’re the only life that has ever evolved to the point of being able to leave. It’s about the survival of life itself.
- staticman2 5y agoSeems you'd have a better chance of surviving in a specialized bomb shelter on earth than pretty much any scenario on mars.
- Ekaros 5y agoThere are people already living in pretty inhospitable places. We don't even need to go to bomb shelters. Just look at let's say Dubai or Middle-East... Hot and dry locations, still supporting people. Maybe not as many people, but still reasonably survivable.
- azornathogron 5y agoI doubt Dubai is self-sufficient, so I'm not sure it's a good example of an extreme environment supporting people. Other parts of the middle-east though, yes.