blackjr0

Why are you helping colonize Mars? Shouldn’t the best and brightest of human ingenuity be focused on innovations to help humanity on Earth?

Fair points.

I just fundamentally don’t agree with colonizing Mars is I guess what I’m trying to say.

Edit: you say “if the planet turns to shit”. Queue: ”theres no planet B” rhetoric. I’d rather try to solve the problem of “hey let’s not let the planet turn to shit” instead of going to Mars. Have you seen Mars? It sucks. I’d rather chill in a planet where I can bake a cheesecake, stare at a waterfall, listen to a cool bird, and then eat the cheesecake while I watch the waterfall and listen to the bird at the same time. Also, I love nature. Mars doesn’t have that. Let’s co-create change (like thru the non carbon intensive concrete example you illustrated) instead of going to shittier planets

Humanity has overstayed its welcome? That’s a reach. In terms of geologic time, we’ve existed for just a speck of time compared to other life forms on earth such as the dinosaurs. And plus, humanity coexisted just fine (in terms of non destructive cohabitation with biotic and abiotic systems) with the planet until mythical conceptualizations like capitalism threatened its climate. Humans are animals, spawn of the earth. We are of the planet. Let’s recognize that we don’t have dominion over it so that we can protect it — not ditch it like cold, soulless robots. That’s not a good plan.

How does making concrete on Mars with human blood and urine help humanity on Earth?

And maybe leaving Earth helps the biosphere, but how is that a good deal for humanity? Among many other reasons, I don’t want to go to Mars and hang out on surfaces built from blood and urine

If it’s free, how do you generate revenue for your company?