Re:The first commercial astronaut mission to orbit Earth abo...
by tehjoker on Monday February 01, 2021 @08:40PM
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There's no need for a specific number of humans larger than what's necessary to continue the species indefinitely. We can easily become sustainable on Earth as we were for thousands of years with or without space colonization.
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Re:The first commercial astronaut mission to orbit Earth abo...
by onion2k on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @12:20AM
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There's no need for a specific number of humans larger than what's necessary to continue the species indefinitely.
"continuation of the species" is an arbitrary, and arguably pointless, goal though. I think we should be aiming higher than that. If exploring the universe is a possibility then a trillion people might well be necessary - the universe is a big space. Heck, we'll probably need a trillion times that number.