Why do people want to colonize space when they could just go colonize Antarctica for less effort and money?
Extinction events that happen 1 in 100 million are not an excuse since there are much cheaper ways to deal with that shit like paying people to live in vaults.
It's not only about colonization, but also about the scientific progress made by developing space travel technology and the proof that man is capable of leaving Earth.
Blake Williams
That who shpeel can be said about Antarctica.
Jaxon Davis
Antarctica is still on the planet with the two billion niggers and counting
Adrian Murphy
Ship all the niggers to Antarctica then.
Jaxson Flores
Permafrost everywhere.
Brody Russell
Still easier to deal with that vacuum, no water and fuel needed to get meatbags into space.
Ian Wright
Hands off our clay plox
Chase Reed
Also on a more serious note it makes more sense from an evolutionary perspective to try to diversify human presence across the solar system to protect our species survival against events like a Gamma Ray Burst or a massive asteroid.
It's never good to "put all your eggs in one basket". Spreading out across space increases our chance of survival as a species.
Elijah Richardson
>alien sex need I say more
Angel Rodriguez
sun's gonna explode anyway...
Nathaniel Morgan
The sun will expand into a Red Giant and engulf the Earth but that will happen 7.6 billion years from now. Humans won't exist, or if they do they'd have the means to evacuate the planet by then.
Austin White
The rock is miles beneath the permafrost.
Jaxson Miller
just build igloos
Logan Young
but it's cheaper to pay people to live in bunkers than it is to send to to mars
Aiden Bennett
>Why do people want to colonize space when they could just go colonize Antarctica for less effort and money?
damn OP you are retarded
Tyler Fisher
We'll probably end up doing both.
Dylan Barnes
Quoting Elon Musk: "It will be a great adventure. Life is supposed to be more than just solving problems."
Levi Anderson
>colonize space
Lincoln Foster
No, rocks are better building material.
Ethan Butler
Hes a retard.
Matthew Nguyen
>Why do people want to colonize space It's about tapping new mineral resources that are unavailable to anyone not colonizing space.
In theory it gives whatever nation succeeds at it access to a totally untapped market. It would also get significantly less expensive over time the more infrastructure we put into space. The biggest problem is leaving the atmosphere. If we could cut that out of the equation it would be entirely viable.
Michael Turner
there is more resources on earth than people can mine just dig deeper
Caleb Cook
Fuck off we are full.
Sebastian Anderson
>all that useless space >full
John Price
>there is more resources on earth than people can mine >just dig deeper senpai please.
Blake Powell
fucking diamonds the size of your house are probably floating in the mantle
Leo Lopez
>fucking diamonds the size of your house are probably floating in the mantle >Thinking diamonds are rare >Thinking diamonds are actually valuable Senpai. Please stop. Do some googleing.
Christian Perry
The entire core is made of heavy metals. So...
Christopher Young
Alright, I will spell it out for you.
Not every nation has access to rich mineral mines. Not every mineral is right below you're feet. You can't just "dig deeper" because of temperature and risk of mine collapse. More reasons but those are the main two.
Moving around in space is extremely cost efficient, the only difficulty comes from getting into space. Get enough infrastructure in space and asteroid mining becomes a very viable thing as well as opening many different doors to space exploration and new scientific discoveries.
Gavin Morgan
>idiots thing it's cheaper to build space infrastructure than it is to build deep mines
Jaxson Brown
Considering that is true, yes.
Josiah King
It actually is. And it offers a lot more to the progress of mankind then just a really deep hole in the earth.
Bentley Morris
Idiots
Sebastian Barnes
Senpai. Just please.
Xavier Brown
Again that permafrost is a serious problem because you cannot grow plants from it. >Just melt it Antarctica's position makes making it ice free completely impossible.
Elijah Myers
>impling you can grow plants anywhere in space that would cost less.
Parker Thomas
Try and stop me, nigger. I will be fucking my alien wife, while you masturbate to pictures on the internet.
Julian Wood
It's dark half the year and your stuff is constantly getting buried in snow, It's less effort less money and less fun.
>The biggest problem is leaving the atmosphere. If we could cut that out of the equation it would be entirely viable. So maybe don't bother. There are whole oceans full of unexploited mineral wealth. And there are better things to be doing in space that breaking rocks.
Joshua Cruz
Yes, I too enjoy breathing the atmosphere on the ocean floor.
Cooper Foster
The next not Ray Bradbury with his cou de gras Vault People
Ian Foster
I am totally onboard with explore the ocean and shit, just don't spend billions trying to shoot little rockets into space for no reason.
Samuel Ortiz
Wrong board for trolling, summernigger. Try /b/
Tyler Myers
>I am totally onboard with explore the ocean and shit Then read up on why we don't actually do it. It's actually harder to get to the oceans floor then to land on the moon.
Luke Nelson
Antarctica's off limits for any kind of development. If someone tried to start a colony there, there'd be a war.
Antarctica would be very valuable. You'd have a huge amount of territorial waters to fish in, and untouched mineral resources under the ice. People would have taken it if it were up for grabs.
Jackson Roberts
>It's actually harder to get to the oceans floor then to land on the moon. False. People have been to the deepest point on the ocean floor. They got there earlier than the moon, or even into space, and at much lower cost. It's way easier to get to anywhere on the ocean floor than to orbit. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathyscaphe_Trieste
Christopher Bennett
>implying any country would want to go to war for antartica
Brayden Robinson
if next year plans for an Antartica colony were announced, and they needed people, would any of you go? Why or why not?
Jaxon Fisher
What is the Antarctic Treaty?
Owen Butler
sci fi and popsci people don't "want" they're ordered and they obey.
Christopher Thompson
Yeah, sure, but before we do any of that let's kill all the shitskins first. They are the primary hindrance in man's exploration of space
Tyler Scott
Shitskins will be on Mars before you will ever be.