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These sorts of things really give me pause when thinking about colonizing Mars and all of the hand-waiving that gets tossed around. We still do not know a lot
by Alupis 4y ago
These sorts of things really give me pause when thinking about colonizing Mars and all of the hand-waiving that gets tossed around.
We still do not know a lot about our own planet. What makes us so confident we won't just screw up another planet with our lack of understanding...
- lazide 4y agoWith our current understanding and technical abilities - no need to worry, they’d all die shortly or bankrupt the host country.
- hinkley 4y agoMiracle Max: Look, I'm retired. And besides, why would you want someone the King's stinking son fired? I might kill whoever you wanted me to miracle. Inigo: He's already dead. Miracle Max: He is, huh? I'll take a look. Bring him in. We screw up everything. The question is, can we leave places alone and screw up others instead? Screwing up the moon is probably better than screwing up Yosemite, or the Great Barrier Reef.
- Alupis 4y agoScrewing it up today prevents us from doing something useful tomorrow with a more complete understanding. Patience is a virtue, as they say. I fear the current raft of would-be planet colonizers are not very patient...
- BurningFrog 4y agoThere isn't much to screw up on a dead planet.
- louky 4y agoI'll bite. You know it's dead how? Mind you I grew up reading Heinlein juveniles like Red Planet.
- BurningFrog 4y agoYou're right, there may well be some sub surface microbial life on Mars, and we should figure that out before doing anything too drastic.
- mseepgood 4y agoMars is already screwed up. It would be hard to screw it up even more.