Comments by "Kate S" (@KateeAngel) on "Hey Bill Nye, 'Let's Save Planet Earth before We Move to Mars' #TuesdaysWithBill. | Big Think" video.

  1. What if "significant" will be global ecological and economic collapse due to unsolved ecological problems? In that case dying sooner will not seem so bad
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  2. The situation on Earth considering all ecological problems is very severe, and, unlike unmanned missions, manned missions to Mars would be very risky and costly and developing new technologies to make it less risky is also expensive. Plus no Mars colony in this century will be able to support more people than an average Antarctic science station, and any Mars colony will probably also serve only as science station. After all Antarctic was discovered 200 years ago and it is much closer and has better conditions, but still not colonised, so why do you think that plans of colonising Mars quickly will work any better? Exploring for science - that is ok, for sure, but for that unmanned missions are enough for now
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