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In response to
"It's *because* people are dying on earth and we're trying to get to Mars! Everyone will live forever on Mars! -- nm"
by
Mop
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Well, no. It's because having a single point of failure is a poor survival strategy. And if we keep going the way we're going, Earth will die.
Posted by
Beryllium (aka grayman)
Feb 9 '18, 09:56
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Well, die insofar as supporting life-as-we-know-it.
Someone once raised the point, "If we can terraform other planet's atmospheres, why can't we just fix Earth's atmosphere?" - which is fair. But Earth is also a target for an ELE, so a backup strategy doesn't hurt.
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