/sci/ - Science & Math

>>8667055
Deep burial has its appeals, but you need a tectonically inactive area in the vadose zone.
Drinking water is the only public health obstacle at depth, but it's a big deal. Best to drill into intrusive igneous material in a remote area.

>>8652238
This is why I imagine the future looking like The Road. When competition for resources boils over, civilization will go out in an atomic fireball, doubled-over sucking our own dicks.

Problems on Earth ought to be addressed, but the survival of our species depends on getting off this rock asap.

>>8637930
This gives me the worst feel. On one hand Earth problems ought to be addressed, but they compete for the resources needed to colonize space. On the other hand, Earth problems (and emergent tech) have begun to motivate private enterprise to reach other worlds.

>>8628811
>be astronomer
>chart an undiscovered brown dwarf star, roughly 2.2 LY from Earth
>The tiny, dim lukewarm star is surrounded by a thick mass of gasses
>spectrograph analysis: mostly N2, H2O, CO2, CH4, O2
>ayy lmao
>findings get published
>mass recognition and acclaim, get invited to talk on TED
>"Next we have Dr. Anon, whose discovery HF 4302 C, constitutes the latest in the search for extraterrestrial life. And he did it all with his own, home-made telescope!"
>"Hello everyone, I'm Dr. Anon. Heh.. actually I didn't personally build the telescope but I-"
>audience is visibly restless
>"Did you at least DESIGN the telescope? Surely you didn't do this on someone else's device?"
>"I.. uh.."
>get booed off stage
>all of my work is discredited
>HF 4302 C no longer a recognized object
>I didn't even build the telescope

>>8564629

>far too coincidental

Our species is unique among other living species, but how is it more coincidental? How are other species less coincidental?

>>8537473
Your post actually isn't an argument.

>>8505464
Earth is the only planet known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit? Yes. Settle? Not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.

>>8504020
>Chinese conspiracy
He never actually said that.

ps. where do yuo think we are?

>>8503672
>anal