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Not going out like the dinosaurs?
You mean the ability to escape in case of planet wide catastrophe or just running away from the potential ecological mess we started ?
Having a backup planet opens up, literally, a world of possibilities. In the end, either we survive as a species or we don't. The universe doesn't care either way, but we're capable of caring, so we should continue to live.
Edit: Actually, I suppose either way, we don't survive in the end. But might as well die out later than sooner, if possible.