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I don't usually post simple links to non-original content, but ... I think you guys might like this.
These videos ( and excessive watching of star trek ) has convinced me that off-world colonies are essential for ensuring the continuation of our species in the event of a planet scale disaster. If we fail to complete a manned mission to another celestial body by 2037, we will have gone one average human lifespan since the last moon landing. Estimated delta population since the last moon landing is about 3 billion. This doesn't account for death, and so implies that in excess of 3 billion individuals were born after the last moon landing. It seems a shame that, for over half the population of this planet, the moon landings are a history lesson. Suggestion : exists optimal population for extracting high energy high cost results from human innovation. We have surpassed this by approximately 3 billion individuals. The resources that once went into scientific research and species level endeavors must now be used just to keep things sensibly stable. Its a shame that our inability to control our society, our population, and our environmental destructiveness, is sapping life from the few projects that might distinguish us from the rest of the species on this planet. ( note : all numbers above are really.. just guessed, based on population graphs but still, guessed )
These videos ( and excessive watching of star trek ) has convinced me that off-world colonies are essential for ensuring the continuation of our species in the event of a planet scale disaster. If we fail to complete a manned mission to another celestial body by 2037, we will have gone one average human lifespan since the last moon landing. Estimated delta population since the last moon landing is about 3 billion. This doesn't account for death, and so implies that in excess of 3 billion individuals were born after the last moon landing. It seems a shame that, for over half the population of this planet, the moon landings are a history lesson. Suggestion : exists optimal population for extracting high energy high cost results from human innovation. We have surpassed this by approximately 3 billion individuals. The resources that once went into scientific research and species level endeavors must now be used just to keep things sensibly stable. Its a shame that our inability to control our society, our population, and our environmental destructiveness, is sapping life from the few projects that might distinguish us from the rest of the species on this planet. ( note : all numbers above are really.. just guessed, based on population graphs but still, guessed )
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