RAIMIUS wrote:
RoosterCantrell wrote:
There is no more room hre on Earth. IF nations would just evolve beyond paranoia and imperialism, maybe we could work TOGETHER with all that money, and as a global alliance, actually move beyond earth.
In this era, this timeframe, it is technically possible to actually colonize other planets. I don't understand why this isn't a HUGE HUGE issue.
We are squabbling over slivers of land here on earth. Sure it's costly to get off this rock, but so is war and military spending.
Seriously, the human race needs to grow the fuck up.
To paraphrase Tolkien, men desire power above all else.
We could colonize Mars, but it would be EXTREMELY costly and inefficient, as we do not know exactly what it takes to successfully teraform a planet...yet. Think about how much it costs to run the ISS, then multiply that by 1000.
In the short term, it is much more efficient to develop ways to live on earth via reduced footprints.
Yes, but even with reducing our energy needs, the population is still growing, and there is a finite amount of recources here, so as of now, it's quite costly, but possible. I think we should get the ball rolling on making it more plausable, and financially possible, befoore we are far up fucked river, paddless and in the bickering war hungry stance we are in now.
The#1Spot wrote:
Venus is a very poisonous planet and mars has virtually nothing on it. If anything we will just make taller buildings.
There is NO WAY mars has nothing on it. it's a massive ball of various things. I agree, there is little to work with, but that's where our money should be going, to figure out what to do with it.
If the human race does not destroy itself first, it will colonize the solar system. With the direction that science has taken in merely 40 years, what will it be like in another 100? Why not start now? The alternative is self destruction. Not a very good alternative.