Jeff Bezos unveils plans to establish space colonies

[terry78]

Amazon's Jeff Bezos Unveils Plans For Establishing Human Space Colony


I won't lie, we'll probably need this **** at some point but it has to be like a viable plan.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

So... It's a good thing I just got started on THE EXPANSE.

 

[Teelie]

It's only a matter of time before we go out and **** up other planets too is what you're saying.

 

[terry78]

Well, that's how the suburbs work.

 

[Lighthouse]

This seems way harder than just coming up with a solution to climate change. I'm not against the idea, but it's pointless if the Earth becomes uninhabitable.

 

[Teelie]

It is the alternative to actually doing anything about climate change. People can't grasp that but they can grasp going to another planet or moon.

 

[terry78]

As I said, if your city is crappy how many people actually attempt to fix their own house as opposed to just moving somewhere else?.

 

[jolldan]

I sense a super team up coming.

The Amazon Prime Space Force

Wonder if they could still do next day delivery

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

It is the alternative to actually doing anything about climate change. People can't grasp that but they can grasp going to another planet or moon.

It goes beyond just climate change. No matter what Earth will be uninhabitable at some point. The vast majority of the history of life on this planet is in the past. The Sun is getting warmer over time. In 300 million years the Earth will be 5 degrees Celcius warmer just from direct sunlight alone and 15 degrees in a billion years and the oceans will boil away soon after. While it varies, it is hypothesized that multi-cellular life will be unable to survive on the planet anywhere from 200 million to 800 million years from now.

And that's just what's certain. There are still things like asteroid/comet impacts, supervolcanos (it is believed that the Toba eruption 74000 years ago nearly wiped out the entire human race), nuclear war, etc. that could devastate the Earth.

If humanity is to survive, we need to get off this planet (and eventually out of the Solar System), end of story.

 

[Teelie]

Assuming humanity still exists as we know it in 200 million years then we will certainly have figured out space travel. Right now the immediate future, 20 years from now, is what we should focus on.

I'm all for space travel. It is important but not at the cost of literally the planet we're already on.

 

[Boom]

It goes beyond just climate change. No matter what Earth will be uninhabitable at some point. The vast majority of the history of life on this planet is in the past. The Sun is getting warmer over time. In 300 million years the Earth will be 5 degrees Celcius warmer just from direct sunlight alone and 15 degrees in a billion years and the oceans will boil away soon after. While it varies, it is hypothesized that multi-cellular life will be unable to survive on the planet anywhere from 200 million to 800 million years from now.

And that's just what's certain. There are still things like asteroid/comet impacts, supervolcanos (it is believed that the Toba eruption 74000 years ago nearly wiped out the entire human race), nuclear war, etc. that could devastate the Earth.

If humanity is to survive, we need to get off this planet (and eventually out of the Solar System), end of story.

The way some people are talking, we'll be lucky to last another 50-100 years.

 

[Micromind]

Jeff Bezos unveils plans to establish space colonies

Right, nothing can go wrong with this.

 

[terry78]

And yes they will have the Amazon logo on them.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Can't even get a new office campus built without causing problems, and he wants space cities.

 

[Kane52630]

Lex Luthor is wildin.

 

[Snow Queen]

Guess he couldn't figure out a way to put an Amazon logo on measures against climate change.

 

[Holiday]

The way some people are talking, we'll be lucky to last another 50-100 years.

As few as 12 according to some.

 

[Donner]

Guess he couldn't figure out a way to put an Amazon logo on measures against climate change.

Zing! And also, **** Bezos.

 

[DeadPresident]

This is literally the prequel to Wall-E…Bezos is the guy that will invent those little floaty chairs and turn us all into obese space dwellers.

 

[Marvolo]

This has to happen. Because short of a pandemic that decimates population or strict reproduction laws, we will cross the 10 billion population mark in a century or less. Our planet cant sustain that population. Not without major scientific breakthroughs or cultural and geopolitical improvements. At the very least it could push the world's countries into desperate wars for food, water, and crop land.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Does Bezos know Elon Musk? Sounds like they should collaborate on something like this.

 

[Immortalfire]

This is literally the prequel to Wall-E…Bezos is the guy that will invent those little floaty chairs and turn us all into obese space dwellers.

Wall E was a ripoff of Vectorman.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I just wanna say after reading through the thread that I get to a degree the antipathy on display.

But, wanting to get the species to start even the baby steps towards colonization of other places in the solar system in no way short changes the issue of climate change or our effect on the ecosystems of the planet Earth. It's possible to be for both. Lord knows solving the issues of practically powering transport systems to make regular trips to even the moon would help to change the way we produce and consume energy and resources here on mother Earth. Innovation that fueled the space race in the 20th Century led to a large number of benefits to us all that we take part in some way almost daily.

On top of all that, threats to the life of us as a species don't just come from within the short sightedness of man as a whole. Being more active within the solar system at least helps to secure us from threats from space, from rogue asteroids and comets which we would be in a better position to handle if we were a system fairing civilization, but there are things like gamma bursts or solar ejections which could out of nowhere destroy us all planet side. Setting up colonies (hopefully the first part of terraforming other planets or at least settling them in some way that makes human life self sufficient on other places in our solar system) means that should fate deal life on Earth a bad hand even without man made contributions to that end, there would still be members of the human race somewhere to carry on. Colonizing isn't some conspiracy to leave us all behind, or some plan to allow further degradation of the planet by corporations. It's a way to further the human species and take our first steps towards new frontiers.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Based on recent history, Bezos will probably make the Moon and Mars compete against each other for how many ridiculous tax incentives and suckup policies they can give him in exchange for the colony.