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Our history is filled with explorers and frontiersmen. We've grown to fill the world. We climb mountains and explore valleys. We cross oceans and fly around the
by joshdick 12y ago
Our history is filled with explorers and frontiersmen. We've grown to fill the world. We climb mountains and explore valleys. We cross oceans and fly around the world as soon as we know how.
Why would you expect space to be any different?
- molbioguy 12y agoThe resources required to traverse interstellar distances are astronomically greater than terrestrial travel (pun intended). Most species die out. How long do you believe it will take to have human explorers on the nearest extrasolar planet. And that's the easiest, closest one. Then think about how many species go extinct on this planet. There's no certainty that we will survive long enough to explore that far.
- bluesnowmonkey 12y agoBecause it's a one way trip. Terrestrial explorers tend to be looking for resources to take home. You can't bring anything back from another star.
- MadManE 12y agoThat's not exactly true. . . isn't there a company that was created recently dedicated to mining asteroids and bringing the precious metals back home?