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If our ancestors had listened to arguments like this, we might all be still in a small zone in Africa.
by thesmtsolver2 6mo ago
If our ancestors had listened to arguments like this, we might all be still in a small zone in Africa.
- paulryanrogers 6mo agoOpportunistically venturing out of Africa is one thing. Sending a couple people around a distant and desolate rock, while the homeworld burns due to unforced errors, is another.
- nomel 6mo agoAlternatively, if we don't become a multi-planetary species, we will be exterminated by a meteor. There's enough excess to do a bit of species saving multi-tasking. For an alternate perspective, the development for this (which includes future launches) was only 80% the cost of ~500 miles of railway in California! [1] [1] https://www.kabc.com/2026/04/06/high-speed-rail-cost-now-at-126b/ https://www.kabc.com/2026/04/06/high-speed-rail-cost-now-at-...
- paulryanrogers 6mo agoIt's unlikely we'll be exterminated by a meteor for many millions of years. Life as we know it is already facing existential risks here and now. Doubtful we'll ever establish permanent residency anywhere else when we cannot sustain ourselves on the rock we evolved on.
- nomel 6mo ago> when we cannot sustain ourselves on the rock we evolved on. The population is as big as it has ever been, and growing. Hunger index is steady [1], with low scores concentrated in the usual failed African states. We are sustaining ourselves just fine, by all metrics. There are future problems, but there are also future solutions. A surprise meteor from the blackness of space has no solution. Both are bad. Multiple efforts for multiple problems can take place at once. One does not negate or even influence the other. Corruption in our government it's a much bigger money sink, and risk to our future, than a moon mission. [1] https://public.flourish.studio/published_thumbnails/visualisation/18963290/c8a7c9b708a9842b.jpg https://public.flourish.studio/published_thumbnails/visualis...