Even if there was life on Mars (and Mars was definitely not full of life) , you should know that not every possible form of life produces coal and oil. Even on Earth, formation and preservation of oil and coal happened only in a few places/times with just the right circumstances.
The most efficient solution is to forget about the whole plan. It's not like the dead people on Earth have gained anything by having somebody else walk on Mars.
do you really want anyone deciding what you need to read about
Of course. Only a very small sliver of the population has an interest in getting a subscription to Nature and Science, and can actually understand the articles. The majority of the people would prefer if somebody else reads the magazines for them, and only tells them the parts that may interest them, in dumbed down language they can understand.
Engines, while loud, produce a monotonous sound are much easier ignored. And also, on a plane, most people aren't going to stay in the 65-70 dB range. Many of them will start yelling in their phone, trying to overpower the engine noise.
Possibly, but knowing airlines, they'll charge outrageous prices, so this will still stop most people from endless yapping. Airlines have had in-seat phones for as long as I can remember, and in my dozens of flights, I have not once seen anybody actually use them.
A year's notice would be plenty of time to build a shelter inside a mountain, and keep some people safe until the worst of the damage was over. That would be a lot easier and cheaper than trying to set up a colony on Mars.
There aren't really all that many mysteries in the rest of the solar system either. And exploration beyond the solar system won't be an option until we've achieved massive breakthroughs in propulsion, and if we were to ever achieve that, it will be in a lab down here on earth.
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Even if there was life on Mars (and Mars was definitely not full of life) , you should know that not every possible form of life produces coal and oil. Even on Earth, formation and preservation of oil and coal happened only in a few places/times with just the right circumstances.
Humanity has survived them all, though.
That's what he says, at least. Of course, men in those positions have usually made it a habit to twist the truth to their advantage.
A billion years from now, you're not even talking about humans.
Why not make a biosphere on Earth ?
The most efficient solution is to forget about the whole plan. It's not like the dead people on Earth have gained anything by having somebody else walk on Mars.
If the state collapses, there won't be any gun laws. Problem solved.
That would depend on exactly the kind of change someone is striving for.
And how many percent of the populace will vote for anarchy ?
"Wilson's goal is still to render government gun regulation useless" That's more than just making a gun.
The government will react to this by making the regulations even tighter. The other way is simply not an option.
... until you get shot in the head.
do you really want anyone deciding what you need to read about
Of course. Only a very small sliver of the population has an interest in getting a subscription to Nature and Science, and can actually understand the articles. The majority of the people would prefer if somebody else reads the magazines for them, and only tells them the parts that may interest them, in dumbed down language they can understand.
Mathematics is not a (natural) science.
You beat me to it. I was going to respond, "YOU'RE TOO LATE!!!!!"
Yes, but you were too late.
Engines, while loud, produce a monotonous sound are much easier ignored. And also, on a plane, most people aren't going to stay in the 65-70 dB range. Many of them will start yelling in their phone, trying to overpower the engine noise.
Possibly, but knowing airlines, they'll charge outrageous prices, so this will still stop most people from endless yapping. Airlines have had in-seat phones for as long as I can remember, and in my dozens of flights, I have not once seen anybody actually use them.
Don't worry. There still won't be any cell tower reception at cruising altitude.
Robot operators have a lag time of a millisecond. They just need to get a little smarter, but we're working hard on that.
There is: I don't know of a painless way to stop it.
That's not an argument until you can contrast it with the number of successful space exploring cultures.
I'd rather die peacefully in my sleep as a captain piloting a space ship to Mars than screaming in terror like my passengers.
A year's notice would be plenty of time to build a shelter inside a mountain, and keep some people safe until the worst of the damage was over. That would be a lot easier and cheaper than trying to set up a colony on Mars.
Because space is mostly empty, and extremely hostile. There's no rational reason for anybody to go there.
There aren't really all that many mysteries in the rest of the solar system either. And exploration beyond the solar system won't be an option until we've achieved massive breakthroughs in propulsion, and if we were to ever achieve that, it will be in a lab down here on earth.