> We can't even fix the problems on our first planet. How (and why) can we even begin to think about another one? For precisely this reason? We can't stop ast

> We can't even fix the problems on our first planet. How (and why) can we even begin to think about another one? For precisely this reason? We can't stop asteroid impacts. We can't stop a well-adapted plague, either (Ref: Covidiots). We have dictators with nuclear weapons that we can't stop. etc. Having a self-sufficient colony somewhere other than Terra is almost certainly the first step toward avoiding a "Great Filter" event.