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Re:NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test Is a Smashing Suc... by layer8 on Saturday January 14, 2023 @06:19PM (#34385105)
I think the first step is to get a handle on how to sustainably (= for millions of year) live on this planet, given that we’re already slowly approaching its capacity limits in various ways. Then we can see about adjusting the orbit.
Re:NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test Is a Smashing Suc... by tim333 on Saturday January 14, 2023 @08:11PM (#34385756)
Although it would be an interesting experiment to adjust it a little bit to check if it works similar to this asteroid experiment. Maybe when Musk has his fleet of starships but is banned from colonising Mars on environmental grounds, we could repurpose them.
Re:NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test Is a Smashing Suc... by m4rtink on Saturday January 14, 2023 @11:46PM (#34386799)
I'm not sure how you would enforce a bad on someone without also having a similar or realistically bigger fleet.

But if you say there will be multiple people with big space ship fleets - sure, that's cool too!

Re:NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test Is a Smashing Suc... by TedDoesntTalk on Saturday January 14, 2023 @08:19PM (#34385814)
In less than a million years, we will have evolved into a different species.
Re:NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test Is a Smashing Suc... by layer8 on Saturday January 14, 2023 @09:07PM (#34386079)
That may or may not be relevant.
Re:NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test Is a Smashing Suc... by Maursault on Saturday January 14, 2023 @10:39PM (#34386522)
Why? What evolutionary pressure for adaptations are humans experiencing? Asking for a friend.
Re:NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test Is a Smashing Suc... by lazide on Sunday January 15, 2023 @12:00AM (#34386849)
gestures wildly at the world

Speciation happens anyways.

Re:NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test Is a Smashing Suc... by postingawayonhn on Saturday January 14, 2023 @08:48PM (#34385979)
We've got the resources to do that too.

There's 8 billion people on the planet already and something like 80% live in developing countries. There are massive productivity gains to be had as those people improve their education and move into more productive jobs.

Re:NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test Is a Smashing Suc... by layer8 on Sunday January 15, 2023 @11:25AM (#34390564)
How does productivity translate to sustainability? Historically, as countries became more developed and increased productivity, they also increased resource consumption.

Growth has its limits. It is generally sigmoidal (S curve), not exponential. It’s reasonable to assume we’ll hit the inflection point long before the sun becomes a problem.

My point is that we’ll need to find an equilibrium that doesn’t rely on continual growth, because that won’t be sustainable. After we manage that, there’ll be still enough time to worry about the sun. And if we don’t manage that, human life on Earth will be doomed regardless of the sun.