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re: Colonizing Mars- really what’s the point?
Posted on 4/15/24 at 8:59 am to Sidicous
Posted on 4/15/24 at 8:59 am to Sidicous
quote:Terraforming involves extreme disruption to the existing ecosystem. I realize that we do that already but we tend to avoid doing it unnecessarily.
Considering we can’t terraform the places on this planet that are not as uninhabitable as other planets there is no way to terraform other planets.
quote:Ever heard of The Line?
Get back to me when people actually colonize the interior of Australia or the terraforming of the great deserts begins.
quote:Maybe. But in the early 1900s many people still thought man was thousands of years away from heavier-than-air flight.
Interplanetary travel/living is a pipe dream for the next 1000 years at least.
quote:I say more than $0. There are more payoffs than just the big one at the end. Many advancements happen in the interim.
So how much taxation do you think we should have today over it? I say $0.
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