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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
The idea of long range space travel is a nice dream and that it will remain for a long time. I think this guys been watching too many Star Wars movies.
The only way to survive is to live within what the Earth can provide.
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We've landed on the Moon and we've landed spacecraft on Mars. That's two places already reached and we're exploring the possibilities of future colonization there. That's not out of our realm and it's happening right now.
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Originally Posted by AlphaSky
I disagree 100%. If we can't have peace in our own backyards, we won't have peace in outer space and the worlds beyond.
We must fix and heal ourselves first, before we move outward or become extinct as our fate may be the only cure.
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It's not all about mankind killing each other in a fist fight it's about a planet with FINITE resources and how mankind chooses to use them. What makes earth an inhabitable planet can also be destroyed with the wrong choices mankind could make.
Stephen Hawking does state the obvious and it's obvious that many don't get it.