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[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

Instead of wasting our resources trying to terraform Mars, we should look for planets already in this "balmy zone" to live on.

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 42 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

You mean like not fucking up the planet we live on? That's impossible, you're insane.

[–] Arsecroft@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

We are terraforming, just in the opposite direction.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

yeah, if we could terraform mars, we could terraform earth too. i'm in the "let's put all the pollution on the moon" camp

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 weeks ago

We've had one planet, yes. But what about second planet?

"I don't think he knows about second planet, Pippin."

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Reaching mars is far more achievable than reaching another solar system.

[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago

Thankfully there's a planet already in the balmy zone in this solar system, and even better, it already has an atmosphere we can breathe!

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 4 points 4 weeks ago

Here's an idea, let's clean up our home.