'Terraforming is a controversial and currently theoretical science with the aim of transforming planets, moons or other celestial bodies into earth-like entities that could eventually support life'. We can look after our own planet and yet people are looking into this. How about terraforming this planet and get some practice in?
2007-05-10 03:14:27 · 14 answers · asked by corriecorka 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Because the Earth is very finite. Humans will be extinct at some point because the solar system is hostile. Will it be a comet or an asteroid? A change in the sun? Whatever. We have to learn to live elsewhere if humans are to survive past a few hundred thousand years.
2007-05-10 05:35:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Expand or die.
The reason that it would be so beneficial, while still being completely theoretical, is that it would put less stress on the resources of this planet, global population is predicted to reach 9 billion, within the next 50 years. It makes sense that we are atleast thinking about spreading ourselves out. I would also suggest reading the question and responses to Stephen Hawking question on yahoo answers, although it wasn't talking about terraforming precisily, it was relevant in the terms of the survival of the human race, which I believe is the real answer to your question.
2007-05-10 07:59:37 · answer #2 · answered by thejur 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
At 100 feet away is it easier to see an elephant or a mouse? The 300 + planets found so far is only scratching the surface. Detecting exo-planets is not easy, it has only been the last few years when any at all have been discovered, and yes we find the really big ones first. Big one tend to be gas giants. Rest assured there are earth-like planets we just have not yet found them.
2016-05-19 22:00:42 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We can't terraform earth while we are on it. The process of terraforming involves such dramatic changes that we can't really do it in person, we need to send in gargantuan robots. Once we get Mars terraformed and relocate onto it, then we can use the terraforming technology to wipe earth clean and rebuild.
2007-05-10 03:32:52 · answer #4 · answered by xenobyte72 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Scientists are often stifled by politicians or corporations that demand big $$$ right away.
So, look to those sources rather than to the scientist.
2007-05-10 05:51:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's because these scientists are lazy and don't want to have to produce any real, practical results that would be useful to mankind.
They find that the NSF gives them exorbitant amounts of taxpayer-generated grant money to "research" pie-in-the-sky, highly impractical, Star Trek stuff like terraforming.
You'll find most of these "scientists" lurking around the halls of otherwise credible science and engineering institutes like MIT, Cornell, UC-Berkeley, and Stanford.
2007-05-10 03:21:21 · answer #6 · answered by not gh3y 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
That's why.
Our world's a mess and we may need somewhere else to go to when we've totally ruined this one or face becoming extinct.
2007-05-10 08:58:07 · answer #7 · answered by elflaeda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have a great point...but think about this too..one day this planet will be uninhabitable wheather it is our own doing or some other cosmic event. therefore if future generations need somewhere to go, why not plan now????? overpopulation is a reality and its coming up quickly!!!!!!
2007-05-10 03:19:40 · answer #8 · answered by Bones 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's just a few academic people playing.There's no multibillion dollar project to do anything. We don't have the technology.
2007-05-10 03:21:53 · answer #9 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the human race is a virus, if you don't believe me look up virus in a dictionary.
2007-05-10 03:50:41 · answer #10 · answered by darrenleedavis 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋