Comments by "Itinerant Patriot" (@itinerantpatriot1196) on "What A Mars Colony Means For The Earth.." video.
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This idea spread with such certainty, that people are going to Mars and will settle there is based on what? No really, what? Elon Musk's vision? There are more problems associated with this than this video touches, on, problems we haven't even thought to consider. The biggest question is why anyone would want to live on a dead planet? For the adventure? Look, I grew up during the real space race. I was sold the whole program. To me it was almost a given that by 1980 we would have planted our flag on Mars. But it didn't happen for a host of reasons, reasons that still exist in the real world, not the world the futurists seem to inhabit.
Call me a luddite but until we figure out how to share this place peacefully, the notion that somehow we will have a kumbaya moment and unite behind a colony on Mars is a pipedream at best. It's true, we are wired for exploration, but we're also wired for a lot of stuff, stuff that runs contrary to altruistic notions of extending the human consciousness beyond Earth. I hate being the skeptic because I was a true-believer in this stuff growing up, but we came to a crossroad and chose another path. The explorers at NASA lost the funding race to the research gang, and as they say in The Right Stuff, no bucks, no Buck Rogers. The momentum was there, but now it's gone. I just don't see people getting behind it, not like Apollo. Oh well. I'll be long gone by the time someone can prove me wrong. Live long and prosper. đź––
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