The utter hubris. We can’t even unload container ships anymore, and we’re going to terraform Mars?
Remember the Transform Mars by pumping CO2 into it’s atmosphere , so how must more CO2 can Mars take ,LOL
It’s not about what they’re talking about.
It’s about getting some of that sweet sweet grant money to continue talking about titillating ‘science’ stories.
“The utter hubris. We can’t even unload container ships anymore, and we’re going to terraform Mars?”
Just 100 years ago no ‘serious’ person like yourself thought it was possible to have spaceflight, computers, robots, jet aircraft, moon landings, cheap telephone communication all over the world, inexpensive food, cheap international air travel, modern medicines, open heart surgery, or etc.
Yet because of people who ignored people like you we have all of those things.
Yes, the current cargo issue is a problem but mostly for the Chinese economy (meaning I think it’s a good thing).
But that doesn’t mean farsighted people have to stop thinking about the future just because there are and will always be extant problems in the present day.
I’ve been piddling away on the idea of wireless transmission of energy for a lot of years now and have made very little progress. But I’ll keep at it because if something comes of it then it’ll be pretty spiffy.
True, I could work on the cargo issue but I really don’t care if Wal Mart can bring in cheap crap from China. I’ll keep working on my ‘crazy’ little idea. Who knows? Maybe my idea might solve the power problem for the magnetic field on Mars.
LMAO!