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What is easier? Not mess up this planet, or Terraform Mars?
by belter 1y ago
What is easier? Not mess up this planet, or Terraform Mars?
- olvy0 1y agoUsername checks out.
- malfist 1y agoI don't know. Have you seen humanity? I think teraforming another planet is probably easier than not fucking up this one
- bee_rider 1y agoBelter, our future is in orbital habs. Going downwell is for tourism and archaeology.
- dotnet00 1y agoCan you walk and chew gum?
- irrational 1y agoIt’s not worth doing because it is easier, but because all of our eggs are in one basket (planet). We know of disasters that can wipe out almost all life on a single planet. Of course, there are also disasters that can wipe out all life in one star system (and one region of the Galaxy). So, ideally we need to colonize many worlds in many different parts of the Galaxy, but baby steps. Step one is to have a sustainable population on multiple moons/planets/stations of this star system before we jump to other star systems.
- SoftTalker 1y agoVastly easier to not only stop but also undo all the damage here than to do anything of consequence on Mars.
- nandomrumber 1y agoWould be pretty hard to fuck up Mars’ biosphere.
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- vikingerik 1y agoThe best way I heard this put: Before we worry about terraforming Mars, maybe first we should stop Venusforming Terra.