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In reply to the discussion: We should have been colonizing the solar system by now. [View all]a geek named Bob
(2,715 posts)Your last sentence pretty much shows where you are coming from.
Four things...
1.) I know a LOT of actual tough guys. I'm used to not being the biggest, baddest, etc. Also, I've been reading SF for 40 years. I'm ready to deal with alien weirdness. (I'm looking forward to seeing what they have for beer.)
2.) Unless you want to posit FTL, we've got a while before we meet another species (This solar system can best be described as a "Fixer-upper."
3.) I'll choose when and where I die, thank you. In the long run, we all die.
4.) your whole "You can't run away from your problems" is (emotionally) an over the top case of bad logic. If a colony fleet bound for Mars is going to start fresh, away from a corrupt system, and they've taken steps to alleviate the sources of corruption, then they HAVE escaped their problems. Anything else is pop-psychology drivel.
4.) I'm for settling Mars, Mining the Belt (M, S, C, and CV), and scoop mining the gas giants.