similar to the myth of terraforming

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similar to the myth of terraforming

FrankC — 7/19/2008 10:00:55 PM (archived)

the most meager terraforming takes hundreds if not thousands of years using science that we don't even have yet. How does one even contemplate a public works project that would last longer than any government has ever lasted.

If you could sustain such a project, how could you justify the cost over a period so long that the finished product might be obsolete long before completion.

Our future in space will be on interstellar earth twins or near twins, assuming there are any and we figure out how to get there. In this system it will be man made habitats, assuming we find the treasure out there to make it worthwhile.

We will never leave earth for the sole purpose of insuring the future of humanity but cheap access will eventually get us out there for the money.

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Is Earth merely a cradle for mankind? - Raoul - 7/19/2008 10:22:45 AM
- space exodus - JEKing - 7/21/2008 11:02:33 PM
- What was the name of the BBC documentary, please? (n/t) - TorrentPhile - 7/21/2008 5:36:18 AM
  - Destiny - Raoul - 7/21/2008 8:26:11 AM
- re: Is Earth merely a cradle for mankind? - ER - 7/20/2008 11:06:07 AM
  - re: Is Earth merely a cradle for mankind? - Yes. - Marcia - 7/21/2008 8:24:41 PM
  - What may survive. - Bowser - 7/20/2008 7:33:18 PM
    - re: Leaving something - Raoul - 7/20/2008 8:47:41 PM
      - I believe it's called "humility". :-) (n/t) - Bowser - 7/20/2008 10:05:18 PM
        
        re: I believe it's called "humility". :-) - and it can leave a meaning. (n/t) - Marcia - 7/22/2008 3:40:06 AM
- re: Is Earth merely a cradle for mankind? - Pugs - 7/20/2008 5:37:41 AM
  - EARTH a UNIVERSAL SWEET SPOT - carl - 7/23/2008 8:11:20 PM
- re: Is Earth merely a cradle for mankind? - Mr Fibuli - 7/20/2008 3:26:13 AM
- re: Is Earth merely a cradle for mankind? - gbaikie - 7/19/2008 8:19:58 PM
- I wonder if humans are the deadly virus of the cosmos? - Jacob - 7/19/2008 7:04:45 PM
  - According to Jacques Monod we are all alone: - Raoul - 7/19/2008 7:34:15 PM
- Maybe the Earth is an egg. - Lee - 7/19/2008 3:57:03 PM
  - You make it sound like we will become the aliens from Independence Day. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/19/2008 5:23:05 PM
    - Just a thought. - Lee - 7/19/2008 6:12:56 PM
- re: Is Earth merely a cradle for mankind? - Sawyer - 7/19/2008 3:38:10 PM
  - similar to the myth of terraforming - FrankC - 7/19/2008 10:00:55 PM
    - re: similar to the myth of terraforming - Marcia - 7/20/2008 2:06:06 AM
      - could be - FrankC - 7/20/2008 3:29:51 AM
        
        re: could be - gbaikie - 7/22/2008 9:30:17 PM
        
        re: could be - FrankC - 7/23/2008 2:40:53 AM
        
        re: could be - Marcia - 7/21/2008 8:15:58 PM
    - And yet, with 18th century technology... - alcaray - 7/20/2008 1:08:12 AM
  - Planting seeds - Raoul - 7/19/2008 5:45:11 PM
- re: Is Earth merely a cradle for mankind? - marsbug - 7/19/2008 12:37:20 PM

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