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Musk , Mars and becoming an interplanetary species

JDragon said:
Things are probably better now on Earth than they ever were by all measures of Human Development. That does not mean things won't go downhill, but precisely because of that we should push space exploration.

Personally I am not sure the colonization of Mars is the answer to everything, as I don't believe we can fuck up Earth to the extent that Mars is a better place for humans to live. But just trying to get humans there will drive science and technology to the next level.

Humanity's future may be in space in the far future. But we need to make the next step.
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Better, yes. One can't really argue that we were better suited for such exploration when we weren't even close to being technologically capable of it. But are we yet worthy? Personally, I do not think so.

We still allow vast numbers of humans to starve to death globally, and we also pollute our own waterways even in first world countries. And that's only two examples of our failure as of yet to handle things properly here.

Pushing projects like this before achieving a proper mastery of our own planet isn't taking the next step, it's attempting to skip one.
 
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Overpressure said:
Actually, this response of yours is far more preposterous.
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I can see perfectly why you would feel this way. My apologies for referencing Star Wars nerds instead of Star Trek nerds. You guys should be given your well-deserved props, too.
 
ultramanhyata said:
I can see perfectly why you would feel this way. My apologies for referencing Star Wars nerds instead of Star Trek nerds. You guys should be given your well-deserved props, too.
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Says the weeaboo with some dorky anime thing in his av. Lol.

Y'all are nerds.
 
ultramanhyata said:
I can see perfectly why you would feel this way. My apologies for referencing Star Wars nerds instead of Star Trek nerds. You guys should be given your well-deserved props, too.
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Uh huh.
And when you have something to say that isn't childish, come back and talk with the grown ups, and be sure to wear your big-boy pants by trying to actually bring up a point.
 
ultramanhyata said:
... said some preposterously ignorant Star Wars nerd.
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Come on, dude. Star Wars isn't real science fiction.

Trekkie all the way, mother-fucker!
And none of that rebooted nonsense either.
 
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Rex Kwon Do said:
Says the weeaboo with some dorky anime thing in his av. Lol.

Y'all are nerds.
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It's Prince Planet. Because no one can compare to the prince who wears a medallion on his chest...

When it comes to anime I roll old-school. Because I'm cool like that.

Look, I enjoy stuff like comics and sci-fi, too. Have since I was a kid. But I don't let my love of fantastic, escapist entertainment blind me to the realities of war, poverty, disease - the realities of human suffering on planet earth.

People who think the highest priority of science should be building rocket ships are confusing what's "cool" with what can best serve the interests of the human race.

I mean, my six year old is deeply into dinosaurs right now. I'm sure if I asked him what Elon Musk should be directing his money and vision towards my son would say trying to clone a T-Rex.

Let's be grown ups.
 
M3t4tr0n said:
I wish I could live couple hundred years in the future when we live on other planets and have already integrated with aliens and androids etc. I want a green girlfriend with 3 breasts or some kinda fembot hybred.
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It would be more like Firefly imo.

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I think he's brilliant.
A lot of people have vilified this project, but they're probably the ones sitting on their asses all day. Complaining about this and that.
Personally, I like to support the ones who are really trying.
 
The circlejerk around this guy reminds me of Jobs before he died.
 
Kalmah said:
The circlejerk around this guy reminds me of Jobs before he died.
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That doesn't bother me so much. People work themselves up over useless celebrities in our culture so I don't mind when brilliant people get their due attention.
 
What was this Zip2 again? So he hires and pays people who know how to build rockets. It is not like he did it with his bare hands from scratch.

Also, I dont get something about Paypal. Why didnt Visa, Mastercard, Western Union, or Moneygram etc, just take over that market? They could have made Paypal obsolete. Does anybody even use Paypal now?

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Okay I know what zip2 is now, but seriously, you are telling me it was worth $341mil. Yeh right.
 
MadSquabbles500 said:
What was this Zip2 again? So he hires and pays people who know how to build rockets. It is not like he did it with his bare hands from scratch.

Also, I dont get something about Paypal. Why didnt Visa, Mastercard, Western Union, or Moneygram etc, just take over that market? They could have made Paypal obsolete. Does anybody even use Paypal now?

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Okay I know what zip2 is now, but seriously, you are telling me it was worth $341mil. Yeh right.
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Well by all accounts he is hands on every step of the way , he is in essence a self trained Rocket scientist

PayPal had a profit of 1.2 Billion in 2015

Nothing ever materialized from Zip2
 
BearGrounds said:
Better, yes. One can't really argue that we were better suited for such exploration when we weren't even close to being technologically capable of it. But are we yet worthy? Personally, I do not think so.

We still allow vast numbers of humans to starve to death globally, and we also pollute our own waterways even in first world countries. And that's only two examples of our failure as of yet to handle things properly here.

Pushing projects like this before achieving a proper mastery of our own planet isn't taking the next step, it's attempting to skip one.
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Humans being what they are, Space exploration and colonization is our best hope to achieve your goals. Earth will be a much healthier place when we have more room, and humanity will be much healthier when resources are less scarce.
 
M3t4tr0n said:
I wish I could live couple hundred years in the future when we live on other planets and have already integrated with aliens and androids etc. I want a green girlfriend with 3 breasts or some kinda fembot hybred.
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+1 would definitely mate with an Alien. The freakier the better.

Always wanted to Cryogenically Freeze myself Demolition Man style if i ever somehow got the money.

Wayward Pines TV series with Matt Dillon is a cool take on a scientist re-starting a small town from cryo freezing after the world goes to sh*t.
 
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