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We are rapidly approaching the day where humans can colonize other worlds. maybe that is how we got here.
by maeon3 15y ago
We are rapidly approaching the day where humans can colonize other worlds. maybe that is how we got here.
- mapster 15y agoWe are in a new space race, since we are also rapidly approaching the day that our Earth will be inhabitable.
- kiba 15y agoExcuse me, uninhabitable? I don't think our planet is going to become uninhabitable, not by a long shot.
- mapster 15y agoexcuse me, yes, I intended to write UN-inhabitable. Its a fear I think is well founded considering global poisoning of air and water, CO2 emissions, uncontrolled population growth and threats to global food production capabilities, and alarming rate of rogue nations with nuclear missiles. Give that another 200 years to take us to the brink. Humans are great at exploration (continents or space), but lousy at stopping or changing their own behavior.
- officemonkey 15y agoIn the long run, our sun will age, and could expand to a red giant phase where our planet would become uninhabitable. Scientists believe this will happen in billions of years, but it could happen tomorrow.
- ceejayoz 15y ago> Scientists believe this will happen in billions of years, but it could happen tomorrow. I'm pretty sure that statement flies in the face of astrophysics.
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- officemonkey 15y agoI'm a defensive pessimist: prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
- chc 15y agoNot that close, since with the fastest vehicles we've ever built, it would take something like a million years to reach even the closest star. If we can figure out how to survive in the harsh environment of space for millennia, it seems like we're pretty much past the need for colonization.