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Have a look at the history of western settlements in the "new world" and you will find that it was not a healthy enterprise. Disease, injury, starvation etc ki

Have a look at the history of western settlements in the "new world" and you will find that it was not a healthy enterprise. Disease, injury, starvation etc killed off massive numbers before they either acclimatised or learned how to deal with the hostile environment. I can't see space exploration being any different. The only difference is that current society is fairly comfortable so the idea of leaving your comfortable home to risk everything on travelling to a new settlement on an other planet is distasteful. Give it a few years and the situation on Earth may change, climate change, over population or simply the political situation may make travelling elsewhere more attractive.

graycat 4y ago
> I can't see space exploration being any different. Right, human history with famines, disease, natural disasters, wars, was bloody. But compared with space, the earth has been a total dream land: Protection from cosmic rays. Just the right amount of gravity. Often plenty of water and game. Caves for shelter. Fire for warmth. Simple tools that actually worked well, e.g., could kill a deer, good for eating, especially if have a rock with a sharp edge and a fire -- in space, no deer. As the OP will have essentially to confirm, little or no water. On earth, in lots of places lots of rain -- no rain out there. On earth, rivers and lakes -- none of that out there. Also wood for building material, good fire, housing, tools, weapons, carts, boats, even open ocean sailing -- no wood in space. Animal skins for housing, clothing, shoes, etc. -- no animal skins out there.