Re:Making Humans a Multi-Planetary Species
by greendesk on Saturday June 17, 2017 @04:52AM
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I want to answer to this particular statement about terraforming taking centuries:
>>Even if terraforming ever works, it will take centuries. Dozens of generations.
That's not a stopping criteria, even if it is something to consider. A long trip starts with a single step. If there is no plan to make human interplanetary species, then this safeguard will never ever begin. If there is a plan, sure humans will become interplanetary. Even if that plan is on the scale of decades and centuries.
PS. I do not understand why bots and humans cannot live side by side on Mars. Furthermore, with a huge selections of bots, humans will have access to a lot more space. So they will not be subject to a submarine-like environment.
PSS. It is also a matter of scale. If 100 people move to Mars, their life will be harsh. If 100k people move to Mars, together with selection of bots, their life can be reasonable.
>>Even if terraforming ever works, it will take centuries. Dozens of generations.
That's not a stopping criteria, even if it is something to consider. A long trip starts with a single step. If there is no plan to make human interplanetary species, then this safeguard will never ever begin. If there is a plan, sure humans will become interplanetary. Even if that plan is on the scale of decades and centuries.
PS. I do not understand why bots and humans cannot live side by side on Mars. Furthermore, with a huge selections of bots, humans will have access to a lot more space. So they will not be subject to a submarine-like environment.
PSS. It is also a matter of scale. If 100 people move to Mars, their life will be harsh. If 100k people move to Mars, together with selection of bots, their life can be reasonable.