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lmao, it was never "the plan to" fix Earth. Nobody ever claimed it's going to be "transformed to Earth" anytime soon, too. It's the plan to protect humanity (a

• lm28469 3y ago
  > It's the plan to protect humanity (as in the genus) from extinction level events such as asteroids, mega-volcano eruptions or global wars. That's a nice thought but it's 100% sci-fi, we can't act as if A will cause B because neither A nor B are certain. What if this race for survival is exactly the thing that will cause our end ? > the technologies developed to transform Mars would be the same technologies that would help fix Earth. Except it's literally the opposite... we need a lot of co2 on mars to make it habitable https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/mars-terraforming-not-possible-using-present-day-technology/ https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/mars-terraforming-not-poss...
  • throwawaylmao 3y ago
    > That's a nice thought but it's 100% sci-fi, we can't act as if A will cause B because neither A nor B are certain. Sorry but I don't follow. We need to act because it's a real possibility, even though it's uncertain. > What if this race for survival is exactly the thing that will cause our end ? ... "we can't act as if A will cause B because neither A nor B are certain." Why would it cause our end? > Except it's literally the opposite... we need a lot of co2 on mars to make it habitable Sure, but that's not the only thing you need to do there. You also need to make fuel - out of CO2 that's already there.