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Astronaut: 'Single-Planet Species Don't Last'
An anonymous reader writes "Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle astronaut John Young, due to retire in two weeks, says that the human species is in danger of becoming extinct: 'The statistical risk of humans getting wiped out in the next 100 years due to a super volcano or asteroid or comet impact is 1 in 455. How does that relate? You're 10 times more likely to get wiped out by a civilization-ending event in the next 100 years than you are getting killed in a commercial airline crash.' He says that the technologies needed to colonize the solar system will help people survive through disasters on Earth. Young has written about this topic before in an essay called 'The Big Picture'." In related news, the Shuttle overhaul program is on track for a May 2005 launch.
Same thought, initially. Then, granting the supposition that a planet-wide catastrophe could wipe out all human life, another thought occurred: if we're here and only here, why would we think it good or proper if we survived elsewhere? Seems the arrogance of species to me. Besides, the human species may survive on Mars should Earth fail but how does that benefit me, exactly? And, will I have brodband?
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in Soviet Kupier Belt, solar systems spread like a fungus to YOU?
maybe you were talking about something else, though.
Homosexuality was lumped in along with 3 other examples of dangers to the human race that we have overcome. Maybe I misunderstood, but it seemed to me like he was saying homosexuality is a problem that needs to be overcome.
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