02-22-2017, 09:56 AM
We need to find a new home for our descendants since we screwed this planet up
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we can be there in 700,000 years
Can Mars or an exoplanet really preserve the human race at some point in the future if earth becomes uninhabitable? Remember, we would only be able to send a limited number of people there, a tiny percentage of earth's population. How do we choose? Will we pick the best of the best? Or will our political and business leaders be the only ones who muscle their way on board, the same people who allowed our planet to be destroyed in the first place? Which means most likely they'll do it all over again somewhere else.
How much would it cost? A fortune, benefiting less than the 1% of the 1% of the 1%. What if something goes wrong on route during a multi generational trip, did they take a mechanic? What if on arrival the new planet isn't all it's cracked up to be?
Will any planet be a perfect duplicate of earth, with a warm climate, 20% oxygen, similar gravity, and the 24 hour day cycle under which we've evolved to function optimally?
Wouldn't it be cheaper and easier to make a few minor repairs on earth which would benefit everyone, not just the wealthy and those they pick to tag along? That is, if our world leaders realized what they're doing?
You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him limitless bananas after death in monkey heaven.
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we can be there in 700,000 years
Can Mars or an exoplanet really preserve the human race at some point in the future if earth becomes uninhabitable? Remember, we would only be able to send a limited number of people there, a tiny percentage of earth's population. How do we choose? Will we pick the best of the best? Or will our political and business leaders be the only ones who muscle their way on board, the same people who allowed our planet to be destroyed in the first place? Which means most likely they'll do it all over again somewhere else.
How much would it cost? A fortune, benefiting less than the 1% of the 1% of the 1%. What if something goes wrong on route during a multi generational trip, did they take a mechanic? What if on arrival the new planet isn't all it's cracked up to be?
Will any planet be a perfect duplicate of earth, with a warm climate, 20% oxygen, similar gravity, and the 24 hour day cycle under which we've evolved to function optimally?
Wouldn't it be cheaper and easier to make a few minor repairs on earth which would benefit everyone, not just the wealthy and those they pick to tag along? That is, if our world leaders realized what they're doing?
You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him limitless bananas after death in monkey heaven.
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves