>>10973972A challenge would be saving Earth from the de-evolution of mankind. I dont see any virtue in ceding it to the dregs. I say the hell with retreating into some floating metal can or having ironic picnics on rocks with no air. Earth is the prize. Let space be what it is, a cold dark graveyard for all the planets that didnt make it, stars past their prime, a scrapbook of extinct galaxies and suns of distant peoples we can never meet.
I just got done listening to Newt talk up Trumps pitch for the moon and Mars. Talking about economic viability. How? Literally nothing up there. "We can extract and manufacture materials in space for conducting space craft. But for what? Why build hangars on the Moon for space craft that isnt there because theres nowhere worth going in reach for 80,000 years or more. How many times do we have to look at Mars to accept its dead and beyond resurrecting? Sure, you can build some tourist hotel on Mars. But no one really wants to spend the rest of their life inside a metal bubble that can pop and kill everyone instantly just to take some selfies
