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[Cody'sLab] Maybe Humans Should Not Go to Mars Yet (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/space

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Recent unscripted video from Cody Reeder of Cody'sLab.

I don't agree with several of his points, but he raises some interesting issues nonetheless.

Any thoughts on the optimal ways to balance human space exploration with planetary protection?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

War: as long as we all live on earth we are very unlikely to destroy the planet in a war.

As soon as we have a second functional planet... Destroying the earth is now a valid military strategy

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A "functional" independent civilization on Mars is a long way (millennia) off, and not really relevant to the topic of the video. Cody is advocating for a ban on all human Mars missions, even short term research missions. I'm not sure that this is feasible, reasonable, or wise.

[–] Yokozuna 5 points 1 month ago

Hey, you just described the whole plot of Gundam!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I hope not :'(