Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: The European Space Agency just unveiled its plans to build a base on the moon Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 17:47:25 -0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 34 Sender: Jim Pennino Message-ID: References: <95714efb-a1b5-403c-8ad3-59c08ca6cb84@googlegroups.com> <7828uc-jfd.ln1@mail.specsol.com> <579f92e6-bbc8-4292-a66e-ce8e9809b6d5@googlegroups.com> Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="db4120ef82bbc153014637d4cd15a795"; logging-data="21379"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX187d/OQaxOGsgR5EAh33KWS" User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (SunOS/5.10 (i86pc)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:4gCB2hJ6L7H9rNZ93zwhu6yaNVA= Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:570961 Mikkel Haaheim wrote: > Among the many possible conditions were colonies might survive while > populations on Earth do not: > Pandemic disease where colonists are not exposed Unlikely to happen without the pathogen being carried off planet. > Nuclear or biological warfare, where colonists do not participate > Destruction of environment through careless human action > Eventual depletion of resources through continued overpopulation and insufficient emmigration > Continued poisoning of resources through misuse and abuse They will just have their's later. > Natural catastrophic cascade (mega asteroid impact, destruction of > fault lines triggering mass volcanism and quakes, worsening climate > extremes, etc) More likely to happen off planet than on the Earth as you don't have to keep the environment pressurized on Earth so even a small meteor could become a catastrophe plus less atmosphere to burn such up. > Cascading ecosystem failure through destruction of ecological environments They will just have their's later. > Etc If humans are so stupid that they will eventually wipe themselves out, it will happen eventually no matter where they are. -- Jim Pennino