• realitista@lemm.ee
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    3 hours ago

    It will take a very long time indeed before we can reach another habitable planet enough to alleviate an exponentially growing population, and forced birth control will be unpopular, not to mention probably employed as eugenics by those in power against those who aren’t.

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      2 hours ago

      There’s always orbital habitats. They ramp up a lot quicker than even a Mars colony.

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          Eh, it would be worth it with the right recreational activities up there and knowing we weren’t setting up altered carbon.