[MrZongle2]

I can't help but think that the author, had he lived in 1600, would have argued a similar point about why we're not going to the Americas.

After all, there are no roads or churches, the place is full of strange animals, plants and potentially hostile natives, and there's no guarantee that proper European crops will even grow there! And how much will it cost and how long will it take for such a colony to become self-sufficient, if ever?

Defeatism. Bah.