Lifeboat Theory--my 2 cents

Tom Brosz — 5/28/2001 10:13:28 PM (archived)

If I understand the theory--create a human population on Mars in case of extinction on Earth, then it is not a good reason, BY ITSELF, for colonizing Mars.

Obviously, if we had the technology for transferring the huge number of people to Mars required to create a viable permanent population, not to mention the technology required to support a permanent ecosystem, then we would be able to easily use the same technology to divert any approaching asteroids large enough to create an extinction scenario.

There are a lot of reasons to go to Mars, but I don't think this is one of them.

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Continuing with the fallacies of "Lifeboat Mars" - E.P. Grondine - 5/28/2001 2:50:18 AM
- Eggs in a basket . . . - D. Spires - 5/30/2001 7:54:18 PM
- WHY is it either/or - R.L. - 5/28/2001 7:22:19 PM
  - Priorities - E.P. Grondine - 5/29/2001 5:49:51 PM
    - Lunar Ludacracies - Mark Eby - 5/31/2001 6:05:38 AM
  - Good Question - Mark Eby - 5/28/2001 9:02:04 PM
- I missed something... - Tom Brosz - 5/28/2001 6:06:00 AM
  - Theory? - gbaikie - 5/28/2001 1:31:41 PM
    - Lifeboat Theory--my 2 cents - Tom Brosz - 5/28/2001 10:13:28 PM
      - Well . . . - D. Spires - 5/30/2001 8:06:27 PM
      - A Few Cents More - Mark Eby - 5/29/2001 1:19:46 AM
        
        Not that many people required for a Mars colony - Gary - 5/29/2001 7:16:33 AM
        
        Sounds Too Cheap & Too low - Mark Eby - 5/31/2001 6:51:12 AM
        
        Cycler orbit colonization - Gary - 5/31/2001 9:12:35 AM
        
        Interplanetary space is not the South Pacific - E'telekeli - 5/30/2001 7:50:25 PM
        
        Mars - Nick Hoffman - 5/31/2001 6:41:02 PM
        
        Different Scenarios? - Mark Eby - 5/31/2001 6:54:41 AM
        
        Supertanker sized spacecraft - LJ - 5/29/2001 6:53:18 PM
      - two cents - gbaikie - 5/29/2001 12:28:08 AM
  - Catch It Before It Moves - Mark Eby - 5/28/2001 6:41:46 AM
    - It's not so difficult! - Raoul - 5/28/2001 7:19:01 PM
    - It will be fixed I tell you! - Justin Kelly - 5/28/2001 6:54:39 AM
- Reminder - Mark Eby - 5/28/2001 6:03:26 AM
- Sleep Deprived Logic/Memory Flaws - Mark Eby - 5/28/2001 6:01:19 AM
  - There is no "Face on Mars" - E.P. Grondine - 5/28/2001 4:21:31 PM
    - Huh?? - Mark Eby - 5/28/2001 5:54:49 PM
      - IN adddition... - E.P. Grondine - 5/29/2001 3:12:47 PM
        
        WTF? - PhilW - 5/30/2001 12:05:51 AM
        
        Being funny? - D. Spires - 5/30/2001 9:16:26 PM
        
        Typical Grondine Lies. - Mark Eby - 5/30/2001 3:02:05 AM
        
        Grondine's Basis? - Mark Eby - 5/30/2001 4:39:54 AM
        
        Possible source of animosity... - Mike F. - 5/30/2001 5:41:19 AM
        
        dspires@uu.net - D. Spires - 5/30/2001 9:26:47 PM
        
        ROTFLWSRDMF! (n/t) - PhilW - 5/31/2001 12:14:21 AM

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