I mean maybe we can send people to moon by wasting trillions of dollars but going to a different planet is just impossible. even if you could go Mars, sun, Venus.... what would be the point?
2007-01-22 14:06:35 · 12 answers · asked by racecars 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The point is that regardless of how you or I feel about it, there will come a time, sooner then most of us think, when we will have exhausted every last resource on the earth.
We can slow this process down but not stop it. Humans can not live without impacting the environment.
If we don't find other places and resources we will disappear completely. And if we don't get started REAL soon, we wont have enough resources to even try.
2007-01-22 14:18:04 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saving the human race and possibly life in the universe...it's an awesome but cool responsbility.
When all is said and done in Iraq we will have spend at least 1 trillion dollars and possibly as much as 2 trillion, the whole space program is a trival cost vs. the present war let alone the regular GDP of the country.
At current spending we won't spend a trillion dollars on the space program until 2070 or rather we fund space shuttles and space stations and all that for a year for the same price as what we spend in Iraq every few weeks.
Besides, It's very simple, sooner or later, the Earth will be hit by a fast moving comet or an asteroid large enough to do some real damage. So don't do it for idealism or curiosity do it for the reason man does anything motivated self interest.
Basically putting a self sustaining colony on Mars is the best bet for saving humanity , if something really bad happened on Earth, we wouldn't _all_ be wiped out. For instance, a nuclear war or a plague or something like a comet.
In that instance, we wouldn't really want to hang out here on Earth as things could get distinctly --- uncomfortable.
Carl Sagan explains whats out there -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Bzla_2Eco
Last train out of Berlin - Ever - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfk8wsG9jlk
Japanese (and everyone else) taken out! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB3G0rvCIJc
Best chance to get hit by an asteroid from outer space!
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news146.html
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3559642561778921659&q=mars+colony+asteroid&hl=en
2007-01-22 15:34:36 · answer #2 · answered by Mark T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may think there is no point, but I do not. And others do not. So someone will go eventually.
And it did not cost trillions to go to the Moon. Apollo went for "only" 25 billion. That would be about 130 billion in inflation adjusted dollars today. Much less than one year of medicare for a 10 year program.
2007-01-22 14:13:13 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if we do not stop wasting our resources and consuming more than the proper amount, then in a few hundred years (could be less if the demand gets greater every minute), all the resources on earth would be used up so then what other choice have we if we plan to save the human race? Try imagining what it would be if humans would be extinct. Think about it.
2007-01-22 21:04:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only possible planet would be Mars and that would be to start a new civilization there. Expand our life and not have a planet (Earth) be over populated by twice its capacity.
2007-01-22 14:10:22 · answer #5 · answered by thenextchamp919 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I was just talking to Chris columbus about that. No point in going on that stupid voyage. What would be the point? Just a waste of monney.
2007-01-22 14:41:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you would be surprised at the by-products of space exploration. but considering the distances involved, with present technology, the probability of success does seem quite low. however, nothing is impossible according to quantum mechanics. you just have to keep trying, no matter what the odds. one can not just lay down and die. die screaming!
2007-01-22 14:25:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it's possible. Because the planets are there. Because it's human nature to want to push the boundaries. And, let's face it, who wants to put all our eggs in one basket? If we blow up the planet, where would the human race be?
2007-01-22 14:10:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because if you don't keep moving and striving for new achievements you might as well lie down and die.
If the water isn't moving it becomes stagnant. This holds true for mankind too.
2007-01-22 15:05:30 · answer #9 · answered by dropkick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well my friend discovery ! , but in billions of years when we loose our moon , or the sun's hydrogen dies out , we might have to reabilitate our selfs in another planet
2007-01-22 17:22:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋