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Re:Scientists discover potentially habitable planets by marcosdumay on Monday May 02, 2016 @10:59PM (#11617532)
Yes. We'll probably move into space only after we are good into autonomously turning water, organics and some rocks into comfortable habitat. Not earlier.

That is probably not too far away. We are getting very good into semi-autonomous transformations, and at turning anything into the materials we want.

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Re:Scientists discover potentially habitable planets by jessaustin on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @01:42AM (#11618210)
If this were true, one would expect life on earth to differ dramatically from what one observes today. A lack of necessary materials keeps billions of people in poverty.
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