Let’s not send a few thousand people to Mars as a big experiment in survival.

A book review on the latest Weinersmith creation. It’s true, there is so much we don’t know.

Just throwing this out there on this forum because missing technology is the problem that kills the dream of Mars, according to the authors.

    • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Luckily, that’s one field where we’ve made a lot of progress, we won’t need even close to one hundred years.

    • WHYAREWEALLCAPS@kbin.social
      51·
      1 year ago

      I’ve been hearing this “we need a new renaissance” spiel since the 80s. It really sounds like “I’ve got no ideas, so I’ll distract with mentioning a time that is revered for it.” to me nowadays.

        • burliman@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          Give me a break.

          Maybe some use as dog whistle but I am not. The color or creed of the people who were around during periods of progress is irrelevant to me. I care about the progress.

          And Rome had more people of color in positions of power and influence than we can even dream of today. However they did have slaves. Lots of white, Germanic slaves. Google it and chew on that while you think about your accusations of racism.