Re:Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video]
by breuleux on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @03:31PM
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There is no disaster that has ever happened to Earth that could wipe out a species that can survive on Mars. A giant asteroid colliding with Earth would probably leave more humans here than the whole of Mars could even support.
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Re:Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video]
by fixermark on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @04:21PM
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Doesn't that imply that solving the problem of surviving on Mars increases the chances of our survivability in another Late Devonian mass-extinction scenario?
Re:Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video]
by lazaroclapp on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @04:31PM
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Sure. But if the technology needed to survive ecological catastrophic failure on Earth and to live on Mars is similar, wouldn't you rather test a colony on Mars before being required to resort to similar measures on Earth?