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Old 01-22-2018, 04:53 PM   #885 (permalink)
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In a matter of decades all of the energy we can get our hands on will be tied up in just trying to grow enough food and get clean water and sanitation for a ballooning population. And feverishly applied to replacing the fossil fuel that will be slipping away. If we are smart. Nothing left over to play with sending humans out into space after that. Ever again.
There's energy blowing through your body right now, like porn on Wifi.



Brian Cox is exactly right, the biggest threat to humanity is between our [collective] ears. I wasn't surprised that interviewer led with 'post-truth era' and slagged on Brexit and the Presidency. Did anyone see Cathy Newman try that with Jordan Peterson?

And the 20171205 interview is already dated. New Zealand is now a commercial space-faring nation.

You drop a seed on an asteroid in Earth-crossing orbit and proceed to use mining slag in a mass driver. To Moon orbit. Right next to the Bigelow space hotel.

edit: no linky because language, but there is an interview with Brian Cox that was posted on 20171217 (Brian Cox Interview | Russell Brand on Radio X Live Show | Episode 33). Better questions.
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