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WalkerBRiley t1_iy3into wrote

Reply to comment by 0ba78683-dbdd-4a31-a in TIL More than 80 percent of the ocean has never been mapped, explored, or even seen by humans and as a result, we know more about the surface of Mars than Earth by [deleted]

Too bad we've pretty much given up on the stars and the oceans.

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Halvus_I t1_iy3x1db wrote

Stars are hard because of the distance, and depths because of pressure. We'll establish colonies on our planets/moons though.

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LeopardTail_ButtPlug t1_iy5oxjg wrote

I doubt colonies. Way more realistic to have structures below sea at livable depths than transporting everyone via space elevator to terraform a lifeless rock. Not to mention it’s not gonna house many people.

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Dont_n0wereIam t1_iy81zmf wrote

So would the elevator only be accessible at a certain time every day or would the moon become stuck in one place? Or would it be connected to a landing pad that would rotate around the plant with the moon? Does the moon rotate?

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This_Bug_6771 t1_iy54nl2 wrote

no we won't . mankind will never leave earth

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Halvus_I t1_iy551wg wrote

Thats just plain silly.

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pihb666 t1_iy7x4x9 wrote

Dude has a point. Like we are going to leave this planet and all of a sudden humans morph into right thinking good people like star trek. If humans ever make it to other planets and colonize, it'll just be more fighting and greed and suffering. All on a larger scale.

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David_Umstattd t1_iy4zg25 wrote

When people give up is when opportunity prospers. Hard to do something that everybody else is trying to do first.

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