I forgot from where, but I’ve heard criticisms of Elon Musk that he is advancing our expansion into space while not solving many of Earth’s current problems. It seems logical that if we still have many problems on Earth, such as inequity, that those problems will get perpetuated as we expand into space. Also, maybe it’s possible that other smaller scale problems that we don’t have effective solutions for would become enormously multiplied as we expand into space (though I am not sure what an example of this would be). On the other hand, maybe the development of space technology will be the means through which we stumble onto solutions to many of the problems that we currently have on Earth.
Getting along with any possible extraterrestrial civilizations would be a concern.
Use of biological weapons might be more attractive because the user can unleash them on a planet and not worry about it spilling over to themselves and their group.
A state, group, or individual might stumble upon a civilization and wipe them out. They would prevent anyone else from even knowing they existed.
I forgot from where, but I’ve heard criticisms of Elon Musk that he is advancing our expansion into space while not solving many of Earth’s current problems. It seems logical that if we still have many problems on Earth, such as inequity, that those problems will get perpetuated as we expand into space. Also, maybe it’s possible that other smaller scale problems that we don’t have effective solutions for would become enormously multiplied as we expand into space (though I am not sure what an example of this would be). On the other hand, maybe the development of space technology will be the means through which we stumble onto solutions to many of the problems that we currently have on Earth.
Getting along with any possible extraterrestrial civilizations would be a concern.
Use of biological weapons might be more attractive because the user can unleash them on a planet and not worry about it spilling over to themselves and their group.
A state, group, or individual might stumble upon a civilization and wipe them out. They would prevent anyone else from even knowing they existed.