James Lovelock: 'I Would Not Waste My Fortune on Colonizing Mars'

Post by sneak » Mon, Feb 03, 2020, 2:02 PM UTC

hising wrote: post #6

He may be a smart dude, but this answer is out there: > "DER SPIEGEL: Cancer is a silent killer that might get diagnosed long after the exposure, when it is too late. > Lovelock: I've had 10 cancers in the last few years and it hasn't been very bad. They just appear and grow. If you go to a good oncologist nearby, they'll take it out. It's just unfortunate for people who let it happen and it grows and grows until it'…

Post by aguyfromnb » Mon, Feb 03, 2020, 2:03 PM UTC

iEchoic wrote: post #9

> I've had 10 cancers in the last few years and it hasn't been very bad. They just appear and grow. If you go to a good oncologist nearby, they'll take it out. It's just unfortunate for people who let it happen and it grows and grows until it's inoperable. I mean, nowadays, I think middle class and fairly wealthy people don't die of cancer. Is this (roughly) true? I've never heard this before, and I want to believe.

Post by s_dev » Mon, Feb 03, 2020, 2:03 PM UTC

shadowgovt wrote: post #2

Honestly, the moon is a much better goal.

Post by pacala » Mon, Feb 03, 2020, 2:05 PM UTC

hising wrote: post #6

He may be a smart dude, but this answer is out there: > "DER SPIEGEL: Cancer is a silent killer that might get diagnosed long after the exposure, when it is too late. > Lovelock: I've had 10 cancers in the last few years and it hasn't been very bad. They just appear and grow. If you go to a good oncologist nearby, they'll take it out. It's just unfortunate for people who let it happen and it grows and grows until it'…

Post by e2le » Mon, Feb 03, 2020, 2:06 PM UTC

nixarn wrote: post #8

shadowgovt wrote: post #2

Honestly, the moon is a much better goal.

How so? Mars has an atmosphere unlike the moon, it has water in some form and quantity and has approximately the same length of the day as Earth, plus it has gravity much closer to Earth than what the moon has.