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Originally Posted by Phoenix
I think the plan is not just to go and take pics.
IF i were to volunteer my life to go there, id be wanting to set the stage for Terra-forming the planet. Dumping lichens and algaes, perhaps setting up a machine that melts ice for use. Setting up a green house gas factory..lol Maybe orbit theplanet dropping huge chunks of ice onto it to provide cloud/dust cover. There are 1000 ideas floating around that could be done.
The human race should get another planet under our belt, it just makes sense.
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I agree with that. It's the safest bet for the long term continuation of the human race. It's just that the technology and resources we have now to do this are in their infancy. Traveling to another planet and then terra-forming it to enable generations of human survival is no small task which would require trillions of dollars of expense and realistically more advanced technology than we have available today to do it efficiently. There's no way any single country, group of countries and/or consortium of corporations could make this happen with the world economy and state of technology as it stands today. Scientists have some good ideas about how to go about it, but that's a long way from making it a feasible plan at the moment.