03-10-2021, 02:35 PM
(03-10-2021, 02:19 PM)Diana Wrote: ...The idea of developing rockets and interplanetary travel is like almost all technology these days—it is out of sync with the general level of consciousness (such as, Okay, we can just move to another planet if we f**k this one up too much; I am not saying this is Musk's attitude)...
From our point of view here, it's obvious that trying to colonize Mars is a waste of resources.
But to understand that drive, you have to look at things from the purely materialistic point of view.
Imagine there is no spiritual/paranormal aspect to reality. The only way to ensure humans survive billions of years is to spread to other planets and solar systems. For example, to survive an asteroid strike or our sun going supernova.
We can't realistically expect engineers like Elon to include time/space in their plans.