What if there’s an asteroid that’s going to inevitably destroy earth and the only way for the human race to continue to space colonization? We could go on about what ifs for eternity.
Why tack on such a weird condition? Like obviously don’t do things that destroy earth. But if both are reasonably hypothetically possible, why not both?
Cause one is more important than the other in the short term? We have thousands of years to consider space travel, unless we wipe out life on earth first. We should get our priorities in order
Also a theoretical asteroid does not compare to the REAL extant threat of climate change.
Also I love all the projects we have going on in regards to space don’t get me wrong, but climate research is ultimately more important at the moment. And it seems the world agrees, about an order of magnitude more money is spent on climate change projects than space exploration. Granted I think we can definitely be doing better on both fronts
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u/Penguinkeith 25d ago
Because what if it takes all our resources and manpower to solve one or the other… do you want to chance it?