Human History Doesn't "Happen" in "Sound Bytes" or Seconds.
If we are Smart Enough & remain Sane Enough to Colonize the Moon & Mars; the Process will take several Decades.
If we are Smart Enough & Brave Enough to Colonize the Moon & Mars--& Beyond,--we MAY Survive as a Species.
To Involute--to turn "Inward", & concentrate on re-distributing our Natural Wealth to an ever-expanding population--is "Slow Suicide."
We are Built to "Go Out." To Deny this Fact is to ignore tens of thousands of years of Human History.
IF WE SURVIVE,--we WILL Colonize the Moon & Mars; it is in our Basic Genetic Nature!
So WHY NOT "Do It Now,"--when we CAN, & before our "Cultural Pressure" forces us to "Go Out" with FAR MORE LIMITED RESOURCES!!
Doc
No thanks doc. You go ahead and play by yourself.
Just keep the facts straight. 35 years after Columbus and L&C, thousands of settler were following them on THEIR OWN DIME.
35 years after Apollo we have....not one private venture able to follow them.
So talk of "colonizing" the moon or Mars is sophistry, mental masturbation you hope to foist off on other starry-eyed Trekkies.
Sorry Doc, you need to pay for your own circle jerk. I ain't buying your childish fantasy.