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In reply to the discussion: We should have been colonizing the solar system by now. [View all]MStuart
(1 post)Do you have any idea what went into just sending a man to the moon?
We CAN'T just send people to Mars on $30,000,000,000, that's INSANE. I don't know where you got your information. Robert Zubrin is a SCI-FI AUTHOR. He's not taken seriously by anyone in the field. The plain, painful-to-some truth is, WE ARE NEVER LEAVING EARTH. It is just not possible with our current technology. The best we could hope for is to colonize the moon, but why? To build missile launchers? Do you have any idea how far away the moon is? Mars? Beyond Mars? It would take generation ships to even think about going beyond Mars. The truth of the matter is that we've fucked up this planet so bad that life as we know it WILL NOT exist within 100 years. We (the scientific community) don't talk about it because many feel there's just no point and that it's better to just let the people keep their heads in the sand. In 100 years we're looking at Iron Age technology if we're lucky. Now you know the truth, but keep on watching Star Trek if you want.