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I think is incredibly fascinating research , but to me it seems extremely unlikely we as a species will ever leave earth. Maybe we build some sentient AI who w
by dharma1 11y ago
I think is incredibly fascinating research , but to me it seems extremely unlikely we as a species will ever leave earth.
Maybe we build some sentient AI who will be the next step in intelligence and colonise space but the distances and hostily of space, as well as our total dependence on the rest of the ecosystem on earth makes me think having a plan B for humanity outside earth is a just a folly.
- Sir_Cmpwn 11y agoI used to work at SpaceX. I firmly believe that Elon Musk will establish a colony on Mars within my lifetime, and I hope to be there. Everything SpaceX does is working towards that conclusion, and the plan is solid.
- drcross 11y agoDoes spaceX take on HB1 visa employees from overseas?
- Sir_Cmpwn 11y agoNo. Rockets are more or less intercontinental missiles that are being used for benign purposes, so there are severe restrictions imposed from the government on the employment of foreigners by SpaceX.
- dharma1 11y agoCool. I think SpaceX is doing incredible work and am positive we will see a manned journey to Mars within our lifetime. But a sustainable colony? Sorry but I don't see it happening. The earth is a paradise, life depends on so many fundamentals which are missing from Mars, as well as an intricate network of trillions of interactions in the ecosystem which took hundreds of millions of years to form. I think we are deluded if we think we can replicate that
- Sir_Cmpwn 11y agoWe can replicate that on a small scale. I don't think we'll see Mars terraformed any time soon, but a sustainable colony is possible for sure. Mars is rich in water and we can bring our own plants and animals.
- dharma1 11y agoSounds like prison sentence at best, where do I sign up? Sounds extremely fragile without an atmosphere/magnetosphere
- Sir_Cmpwn 11y agoIt's not like you'd be alone. Plans are to have a thousand people or more. This isn't an amateur effort, you know. You're viewing this scenario through a pessimist's lens and you won't be convinced otherwise.
- mkaziz 11y agoImagine what they must have said 300 years ago about landing on the moon!
- adventured 11y agoThe enlightenment was a period of greatly increased scientific imagination. They probably thought how great it would be once we reached the moon one day.
- lazyjones 11y agoI agree - we won't make it. We are rapidly improving our means to kill each other and become extinct while space colonization is neglected. It's obvious where this will lead.