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Fixing climate change required people to cooperate together on a huge scale. Space colonization don't required that much cooperation. All it needs is an enviro
by kiba 12y ago
Fixing climate change required people to cooperate together on a huge scale.
Space colonization don't required that much cooperation. All it needs is an environment conductive to launching rockets and currently that is the United States.
- josefresco 12y ago"All it needs is an environment conductive to launching rockets and currently that is the United States." So we just launch a rocket to Mars ... wipe our hands and be done with it? Considering the efforts just to build/launch the ISS, I can't imagine rocket launching capability is high on the list of worries re:colonizing Mars.
- danielweber 12y agoIf the ISS is your go-to example of a space program, I can see why you think Mars would be a boondoggle. The ISS isn't a space mission; it's a political and diplomatic mission that happens to be done in space.
- kiba 12y agoSo we just launch a rocket to Mars ... wipe our hands and be done with it? Considering the efforts just to build/launch the ISS, I can't imagine rocket launching capability is high on the list of worries re:colonizing Mars. Colonizing Mars is going to be difficult, but it's going to involved a whole lot less people willing to cooperate and pay for it. The issue is more technological. The rockets need to be cheaper and carry more payload to allow the feasibility of people paying for their own ticket to Mars.