05-06-2010, 08:51 AM
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Ikran Makto
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
Posts: 886
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Originally Posted by Human No More
What about planets with no sentient life? What about terraforming dead planets such as Mars? I agree t hat it would be wrong to find one with sentient life and just colonise it, but ones with non-sentient life or no life, as long as the actual non-sentient life if any was respected and not just destroyed.
The truth is, humans NEED to expand beyond Earth if they are to survive long term, anywhere from a few thousand years (extinction-causing impact) to millions (eventual red giant phase of the sun). Not to mention that having the entire population on one planet is just asking for something to happen.
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