GothicGothicness
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Keep the human infestation limited to one planet, por favor! Before we, as a race, even consider venturing forth, we need to do right by the planet we're currently destroying. And by doing right I mean actually start fixing things, and not making them worse here or elsewhere!
Sadly, I think there is a very low chance of that, few people care about it and most of the ones who do care about it, only care about it as long as it does not affect them negatively, I know so many people who that are saying "It is terrible what we are doing to our planet and the climate!!!", and in the next sentence "I am flying to Mexico for a two week vacation next month".
My thinking is that we should not stop trying to colonize Mars, I think it might even have a net positive effect on Earth pollution, imagine 1000 normal US citizens going to Mars in a rocket(s) not to return. A probable calculation is that each person will emit about 40 000 kg of CO2 on that flight and the technology we have at that time. While the average emission of CO2 for a US person per year is 15 250 kg of CO2 ( Yes that is insane, but true ). So after just 4 years, the effect on earth will be positive. Now for a Billionaire many of them are probably way above 40 000 kg of CO2 per year already, so sending all our Billionaires to Mars is exceptional for the environment……..
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