Read main thread: Is Space Exploration worth it?
May 7th, 2007  
WNxRogue
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Originally Posted by major liability
Well Padre there are no planets in our solar system that God made hospitable to us, but with the right technology and a few centuries we might be able to at least partially terraform Mars. Or live in bubbles with huge fields of hydroponics for sustenance. Besides, if we don't push the boundaries in our own solar system, we will never develop the technology to escape the inevitable burning of Earth - however many billions of years in the future that happens.
Exactly. We can attempt colonization of mars or even the moon in the methods you stated, namely biospheres, and use the knowledge that we gain to push our limits even farther. This is just like the exploration of earth in my view. Who would have guessed in 1000 that we would find another continent across the sea. Who would have guessed in 1880 that we would land people on the moon. This is just the next big step for humanity.
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