The only way that the human race.......

[?someone?]

@NeodemonX: Cool, another pessimist, just like my dad. :lol:

[Great Unclean One: VK]

It's funny everything STILL costs money, even if it's to save the world.

 

Greedy bastards.

 

That's why I must start WWIII, take over a small country in Africa or Europe, then start a project to colonize Mars...... and to implant my conscious onto a super computer.

[CinnamonStar]

Terraforming Mars?

 

But I think "long-term survival" is kinda vague, if he plans to let the human race survive for the next 5000 years then yeah, at some point we'll have to spread unto another planet. But then again, does that mean we have to go and spoil the rest of space?=/

 

Meh I'm convinced that we should avoid contact with aliens at all costs, but there have always been a lot of events that threaten the existence of many species. Even when the people from the Stone Age didn't have nuclear weapons.

 

One day we WILL have to terraform and settle on another planet but I think it's a long way to go. Right now we should focus on trying to survive on this planet for as long as we can.

[Βyakuya]

Well Opal has a point. Eventually, Earth cannot keep up the resources we need and use, and if we continue, Global Warming would occur, resources dead, and so many other tragedies. But I don't know how we can sustain ourselves on a planet that no one has ever gone before.

[Great Unclean One: VK]

Well Opal has a point. Eventually, Earth cannot keep up the resources we need and use, and if we continue, Global Warming would occur, resources dead, and so many other tragedies. But I don't know how we can sustain ourselves on a planet that no one has ever gone before.

 

Same way the pioneers of olden times managed to colonize a country that no one had set foot on.

[NeoDemonX]

But first we need to get rid of Nuclear Weapon before we go to space.

[OmegaWave]

"His comments came after he warned in a recent television series that mankind should avoid contact with aliens at all costs, as the consequences could be devastating."

 

That made me forget the rest of the column and just lol. When it's time to die, it's time to die. No sense in delaying the inevitable.

[Womi]

I'm surprised there isn't a Hawking religion yet.

This guy is just....impressive. And there even is a religion worshipping H. Jay Simpson.

 

And Stephen is damn right, I suppose.

[Saturn of Elemia]

If we start colonizing Mars, then we better stock up on ammunition - because if the scenario that happens in the Doom games occurs, then I wanna be ready to blow those demons back to Hell where they came from.

 

But on a serious note:

 

Odds are it's not gonna happen during my lifetime, so it doesn't really concern me. Right now, Mars looks like the best bet. It's roughly the same size (albeit a little bit smaller), the temperatures aren't as extreme and it has a thin atmosphere (as opponsed to Venus being to freaking hot, having a deadly atmosphere, and acid rain all the time), and there are traces of life (bacterial, but still). Supposedly, there were also traces of water (I believe? Believe I heard it somewhere before).

[Death Metal]

I am hoping that I won't be alive when humanity ends... so I don't care what happens. If I am still alive... I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.

[Fader]

If humans live in an area for so long it ends up in millions of years into earth like but we couldnt reproduce. Only bad thing is in space they got light sabers so it is more like. "Got fetch me a sam *Dies*"

[Death Metal]

If humans live in an area for so long it ends up in millions of years into earth like but we couldnt reproduce. Only bad thing is in space they got light sabers so it is more like. "Got fetch me a sam *Dies*"

 

I don't think it would take millions of years for humans to screw up another planet. xD

 

Plus if we are advance enough to get on other planets and live on them, then I would hope we know how to clone as well (which takes the reproduction problem off the table.... kinda). But those lightsabers.... those are a different story. We will have to master them.

[Fader]

BP would dump oil in the lava which blow up the planet...

[Βyakuya]

Even if we try to live on Mars:

 

-Radiation is little so its very cold

-There is no water, but perhaps, maybe some

-No signs of vegetation or growth can be seen.

-Martians are a possibility to meet with

-Atmosphere is not strong enough to protect from meteors and ultraviolet radiation

-Bacteria and harmful gases are uncommon

-How can we venture out on a planet no one has ever gone on before?

[Wuu.]

By the time we're even close to being threatened we will have the technology and opportunity to colonise on Mars or the Moon.

 

And even if we don't make it, then just take it the way it is, and see it as part of life.

 

@Byakuya: How old are you dude? the only possible form of 'martians' that we would meet on Mars are microorganisms(which we also have here on earth, if you don't know). Seriously shut up unless you know what you're talking about, because by the time we become threatened we WILL have some form of terraforming.

[-Griffin]

And as entropy continues the way it does, eventually the universe will effectively cease to be. Until then, we can only run. This little story does a really nice job with the concept.

[~/Coolio Prime\~]

For real.

 

I mean seriously, it's not like we never knew this before.

It's apparently news for YCM.

 

Then again, only humans dependent on technology and the such will die off, not tribes and the such.

[firehawk11]

Well we could allways try to build a super computer for that promblem but i'll think the world would end up like the game metal saga.

 

Ok, if the world is to end I'll thinkl there be people on the moon,mars & another planet we don't know about yet! oh, and here something to think about people, do you think we are the only humens in Space?

[Wuu.]

Well we could allways try to build a super computer for that promblem but i'll think the world would end up like the game metal saga.

 

Ok, if the world is to end I'll thinkl there be people on the moon,mars & another planet we don't know about yet! oh, and here something to think about people, do you think we are the only humens in Space?

Are you even trying to be serious?

[NeoDemonX]

Even if we try to live on Mars:

 

-Radiation is little so its very cold

-There is no water, but perhaps, maybe some

-No signs of vegetation or growth can be seen.

-Martians are a possibility to meet with

-Atmosphere is not strong enough to protect from meteors and ultraviolet radiation

-Bacteria and harmful gases are uncommon

-How can we venture out on a planet no one has ever gone on before?

 

1, 5, and 6 can all be solve by a shield that will heat up citys and the shield would help with meteors and radiation and bacteria and harmful gases are a good thing to have lease have.

[Great Unclean One: VK]

Even if we try to live on Mars:

 

-Radiation is little so its very cold Oh, since building cities with domes that protect them is bad.

-There is no water, but perhaps, maybe some Oh, so melting the ice is not gonna get us water?

-No signs of vegetation or growth can be seen. Terraform.

-Martians are a possibility to meet with At most, primitive Bacteria that we could easily avoid.

-Atmosphere is not strong enough to protect from meteors and ultraviolet radiation Since domes and lead shielding don't exist.

-Bacteria and harmful gases are uncommon Safety precautions and rules will help.

-How can we venture out on a planet no one has ever gone on before? Same way the pioneers of yonder ventured into the Western Frontier.

 

Your not good in this field, are you?

[Βyakuya]

Your not good in this field, are you?

OBJECTION.

 

You have a point, but the truth his, can human technology make a dome that can have the same power as an atmosphere like Earth's that can stop ultraviolet radiation and meteors? Its out of the question and it takes advanced technology which is hard, and maybe later depended on in the future. Also, why melt the ice? Its been frozen for millions of years and it would take so long to melt it! And its best if we discover the harmful gases on Mars before we venture out. And if we choose to terraform it, we may never know if the rusty planet can grow trees. Finally, the planet is very cold with sandstorms at very very low degrees. Can a dome withstand that too?

 

And we may never know. We depend on the rovers. And yes I study astronomy from a book.

[Great Unclean One: VK]

OBJECTION.

 

You have a point, but the truth his, can human technology make a dome that can have the same power as an atmosphere like Earth's that can stop ultraviolet radiation and meteors? Its out of the question and it takes advanced technology which is hard, and maybe later depended on in the future. Also, why melt the ice? Its been frozen for millions of years and it would take so long to melt it! And its best if we discover the harmful gases on Mars before we venture out. And if we choose to terraform it, we may never know if the rusty planet can grow trees. Finally, the planet is very cold with sandstorms at very very low degrees. Can a dome withstand that too?

 

And we may never know. We depend on the rovers. And yes I study astronomy from a book.

 

 

Hmmm.

 

You raise many good counter arguments.

 

Truth is, in the far future, we MIGHT be able to make domes strong enough to take on SMALL TO MEDIUM meteors.

 

We'll probably wear suits to combat the gases, and we would melt the ice, if it means we get water. Trust me. Plus side, the water will be fizzy and bubbly like soda.

 

The sandstorm will interfere with communication, but is bearable if we build our homes tough and tight enough.

 

We'll ether grow plants by terraform the land or by making greenhouses or something similar by bringing some soil to Mars and make greenhouses or use the soil.

 

Also, we CURRENTLY depend on rovers.

[Flaring Rose]

There is a small moon of Saturn that we can live on. Its called Titan. The environment is the same as ours. So that is one place we can live on, but it will take a bit of time to get to.

 

Mars did have rivers and lakes before it all dried out. Astronomers have used their fancy telescopes to look at it have found what seemed to be river beds and canyons that were formed by water. Maybe one day water could come back to the red planet or will go sky high with the rest of the galaxy when the sun goes Supanova.

[Catterjune]

ITT: Idiots and 12 year olds.

 

You can't just snap your fingers and say 'dome around Mars' and watch it happen. It takes ridiculous amounts of time and resources to put up such a thing. Secondly, the problem isn't that the earth is going to explode or whatever. The problem is wasting resources. Colonizing Mars does not solve this problem by any stretch of the imagination, and in fact makes the problem significantly worse.

 

Imagine you had 100 dollars in a Chase Savings account. You need 200 dollars for a Nintendo Wii. Your solution is to withdraw 50 dollars from Chase, pay ten dollars for a cab across town, and open a new account at Washington Mutual. In order to open an account, you have to pay 20 dollars. By the end of it all, you end up much worse off over all.

 

The solution would be to find a celestial body that was similar enough to Earth (such as Europa, the sixth moon of Jupiter, that already has oxygen and water, albeit at -260 Fahrenheit) and would actually have something worthwhile to offset the cost of interstellar travel, like an energy source or food or water.

 

The easiest solution would be to just develop alternate fuel sources, such as solar, wind, or geothermic instead of relying on fossil fuels.