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Zaphod42

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3. Neat idea...

Reply to JonLP24 (Original post)

Mon Oct 14, 2019, 08:44 PM

Oct 2019

But, for a species that seems unable to adequately feed itself, or provide decent healthcare for most of it's members, or, hell, unable even to secure credible elections...colonizing another world seems to be kinda "down there" on the to-do-list....

The next "giant leap for mankind" will come from many small steps from Man; here, on Earth....

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Humans Will Never Live on Another Planet, Nobel Laureate Says. Here's Why. [View all] JonLP24 Oct 2019 OP

Terraforming planets is very difficult exboyfil Oct 2019 #1

Our AI descendants may be our greatest hope. gordianot Oct 2019 #2

Neat idea... Zaphod42 Oct 2019 #3

Of course we could qazplm135 Oct 2019 #4

It currently seems that way to me now oswaldactedalone Oct 2019 #6

Dead end. Marcuse Oct 2019 #5

... Javaman Oct 2019 #9

Lol. 2525 probably isn't a bad guess for when we're gonna be at a pretty low ebb SuprstitionAintthWay Oct 2019 #13

Good thread to cite Clarkes 1st Law: LunaSea Oct 2019 #7

And another eloquent dictum from ACC: lastlib Oct 2019 #8

Exactly SCantiGOP Oct 2019 #10

If FTL or Time travel were possible this universe would be overrun with vermin like us. hunter Oct 2019 #12

I don't believe humans will permanently live on even just Mars. SuprstitionAintthWay Oct 2019 #14

I would not claim its impossible but rather that its unlikely unless there is a major cstanleytech Oct 2019 #11

Never is a very very long time CloudWatcher Oct 2019 #15