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0 pointsTostino3y ago0 comments

There are plenty of other places you could go travel to where you get to see some amazing wonders right before your guaranteed death. Right here on earth too. Why no go for some of those? You can likely do it for cheaper too.

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robswc3y ago

Not OP but IMO, nothing on earth would compare to another planet.

I'm not into space exploration but sometimes I look up at the moon and it blows my mind that we actually went there. Almost feels impossible even. Mars is that x100.

I personally wouldn't want to die on Mars but I understand the appeal.

Kiro3y ago

Why would I do that? It's not like I want to die and nothing on earth is worth dying for but going to another planet is.

JKCalhoun3y ago

My last thoughts as I gasped for air in the gripping cold of the Martian plain was, "Wait, this is it?"

starbase3y ago

There are plenty of people who would give their lives to advance civilization for the sake of future generations. The brief pleasure of seeing some amazing wonders is, in comparison, irrelevant.

Death is guaranteed either way.

kibwen3y ago

There is no "advancement" to be gained by merely sending tourists to die uselessly on a tomb world.

starbase3y ago

Colonization is not tourism.

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robswc3y ago

Not OP but IMO, nothing on earth would compare to another planet.

I'm not into space exploration but sometimes I look up at the moon and it blows my mind that we actually went there. Almost feels impossible even. Mars is that x100.

I personally wouldn't want to die on Mars but I understand the appeal.

Kiro3y ago

Why would I do that? It's not like I want to die and nothing on earth is worth dying for but going to another planet is.

JKCalhoun3y ago

My last thoughts as I gasped for air in the gripping cold of the Martian plain was, "Wait, this is it?"

starbase3y ago

There are plenty of people who would give their lives to advance civilization for the sake of future generations. The brief pleasure of seeing some amazing wonders is, in comparison, irrelevant.

Death is guaranteed either way.

kibwen3y ago

There is no "advancement" to be gained by merely sending tourists to die uselessly on a tomb world.

starbase3y ago

Colonization is not tourism.

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