Originally posted by immhotep
Robert Zubrin (I think is his name) has stated that we have all that is necessary to build a space-faring civilization right now, with technology that was developed back in the 60's. The problem, (once again) is political and financial backing. By mining resources off planet, we can alleviate the resource pressures here on Earth. There are Asteroids near Earth that could be converted into space-mining stations to gather raw materials as well as a port of call. Offworld colonies are humanities best hope to preserve ourselves (and other species) in case of global catastrophe and E.L.E.
The only question is... Will we do it in time?
As to the thread itself... We really have no way of knowing how much this thread is getting used for its primary purpose in the first few pages. It may be getting looked at relatively often, or not. As to people asking questions about other threads... I think there was at least one. I'd have to go back through the previous pages to be sure. Your right, though, this thread is a nice place to cover a wide variety of topics. Often discussions cross between topics, and threads devoted to an individual subject don't allow for much variationl. This thread however, is specifically designed for greater variety, both in topic and discussion.
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