[Teacher317]

The difference being that the future of mankind is not going to be centered on the advances we make in earth-moving capabilities... but extra-terrestrial travel, transport, colonization, and resource exploitation almost certainly is.

[Travis McGee]

You may be worried about traveling to the planets and stars,

I’m worried abou not descending to Mad Max here on earth in the next decade.

[dr_lew]

The difference being that the future of mankind is not going to be centered on the advances we make in earth-moving capabilities... but extra-terrestrial travel, transport, colonization, and resource exploitation almost certainly is.

The way this parses, it says that extra-terrestrial travel will depend on advances in earth-moving capabilities.