Jeff Bezos foresees a trillion people living in millions of space colonies. Here's what he's doing to get the ball rolling.
Jeff Bezos foresees a trillion people living in millions of space colonies. Here's what he's doing to get the ball rolling.
The billionaire tycoon's ideas draw from the vision of physicist Gerard K. O’Neill, who pioneered concepts for space settlements in the 1970s.
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We can't even take care of this planet. Space colonies are out until we can.
I cant even with space obsessed folks. Like if we truly can't even get it right here, its over anyway
The $elfi$hne$$ of billionaire$ must be ¢ontained
Space is the eventuality of mankind. We can't neglect it. But it is right that we can't just discard planet earth and expect we will fare any better up there where materials are scarce and every law of nature is trying to kill you.
Its a fantasy the rich use to distract from improving conditions and humanity's behavior (particularly their own) here geographically + economically and now temporally.
The cake is a lie
I can't even imagine what kind of dirty shithole a space colony would be.
The ISS is supposed to stink if that's any indication.
Earth has self regulation without humans. Space colonies need that before its viable.
If we can find the money and political will to terraform something like Mars, we should probably take .01% of that budget and turn the earth into paradise first.