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Space travel "vital to our survival"
Topic Started: Jan 27 2014, 05:48 PM (296 Views)
CJ
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25869272

The British astronaut who is set to go into space next year has said that learning how to live and work in space will be essential to the survival of our species.

He is due to spend six months on the International Space Station next year.

Major Peake is currently undergoing intensive training in Germany to prepare for the mission.

He will travel on a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and could eat a meal chosen by the public.

"Whether it's an asteroid mission or a Moon mission, the ultimate aim is the future exploration of the Solar System and to get to Mars on a manned mission," he told BBC News.



Do you agree? I'd say that space travel will be essential eventually, but it's not urgent. We'll probably be able to live on the Earth for another few hundred million years or so.

Doesn't mean it's not worth looking at now, though.
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Giselle
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We can wait a billion years, by then technology would have advanced for this process to be more convenient. :)
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CJ
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Well, in theory, I'm sure we could set off now if we really wanted to.

Of course, we probably won't, because it's so expensive and there's no imminent threat to our survival :P .
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It is the debilitating effects of long-duration space missions that is one of the main obstacles to sending humans to Mars.


How do you think cultures will develop on the planet of Mars?

http://www.google.com/virgle/plan_5.html
I remember this from a while ago now. I wish to live this long to see the many advancements of humanity. :wub:
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Zero Revolution
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Well, it would certainly be interesting to get to farther areas of space, and I'm sure we eventually will, but I think that at this point in time, saying it's essential to our survival may be pushing it a bit. And who knows what the world will be like in another billion, maybe 2 billion years.
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CJ
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Well, in another billion years, the planet will probably become too hot to sustain life. However, it's entirely possible that we will have developed some technology that allows us to work around that and stay here.

How the culture would develop on Mars is really anybody's guess, IMO. It'd be very interesting to see, though :P !
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Denis Pick
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Dear Leader

Considering we as a species are supposed to be about 5,000,000 years old, In one billionyears we would either be gone or evolved into something more than likely totally different.
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CJ
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Not even that old - I believe modern humans are about 200,000 years old.

(Of course, that only strengthens your point :P !)
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Dear Leader

I meant Human like, But what do I know, all I get is creation shoved down my throat lol
Edited by Denis Pick, Jan 28 2014, 07:35 PM.
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CJ
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True....200k, 5m or anything in between is NRA :P .
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