Colonizing Mars: Should Humanity Prioritize Colonizing Mars or Fixing Earth?

[cheerfulgreek]

Nope to both, because we can’t. Mars is too hostile for humans to live on, and humans are too dumb to live in harmony on our own planet. We’d just take the same stupidity to Mars.

Until we have an understanding that we are just one of well over 100 billion other galaxies, with each of those galaxies being made up of billions of stars, that it’s not just about us, we get a grasp on understanding basic biogeography, and understand that science is true whether or not we believe in it. It’s then, when we can attempt to explore other planets. And of course, that kind of intelligence will never happen, at least not in my lifetime.

[Phrozen Sands]

Originally Posted by Zach

This was one of two articles I read and posted for discussion. I don’t start a lot of threads, but I thought these would be interesting topics to talk about, to get other opinions.

The argument for Mars is pretty much based on the survival of humanity. I think we all know that? We really have totaled this planet. I think most of us know that, too. Do you think it can still be fixed or should we move humanity to another potential habitable planet? Based on what I read, I think the technology folks have developed for Mars exploration could have numerous applications on Earth. What are your opinions?

I think we should use Mars exploration cash to fix earth. I don’t think it’s ethical to tear up this planet, only to bounce and tear up another planet.

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Nope to both, because we can’t. Mars is too hostile for humans to live on, and humans are too dumb to live in harmony on our own planet. We’d just take the same stupidity to Mars.

Until we have an understanding that we are just one of well over 100 billion other galaxies, with each of those galaxies being made up of billions of stars, that it’s not just about us, we get a grasp on understanding basic biogeography, and understand that science is true whether or not we believe in it. It’s then, when we can attempt to explore other planets. And of course, that kind of intelligence will never happen, at least not in my lifetime.

Lol! CG has completely lost faith in humanity. Crazy thing is we landed in one area, and already determined no life. How do we know there isn’t bacteria that’s up there waiting for us? We get sick from bacteria here on earth all the time. If there’s bacteria on Mars, we won’t know how to get rid of it.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

I think we should use Mars exploration cash to fix earth. I don’t think it’s ethical to tear up this planet, only to bounce and tear up another planet.

It’d never happen because humans aren’t really ethical? 🫤

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

Lol! CG has completely lost faith in humanity. Crazy thing is we landed in one area, and already determined no life. How do we know there isn’t bacteria that’s up there waiting for us? We get sick from bacteria here on earth all the time. If there’s bacteria on Mars, we won’t know how to get rid of it.

Well, as of now there is no confirmed evidence of life on Mars, past or present. So, without life, there can be no pathogens. Most pathogens on Earth are highly adapted to infecting specific hosts. I mean, even if microbial life existed on Mars, it probably wouldn’t be biologically compatible with Earth based life to cause disease. And that’s because diseases evolve in ecosystems with hosts, where microbes adapt to exploit living organisms. Mars doesn’t really have an ecosystem like we do. I mean, it’s not as complex as ours, which means there hasn’t been an environment to drive the evolution of infectious agents. Know what I mean?