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by ekianjo 2444 days ago
A Mars base would do a lot to prevent extinction of human life because of an "unlikely" but "it's just a matter of when, not if" situation where we get hit by a massive rock.
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eloff 2444 days ago
Actually there's only a period in time where we're vulnerable to such things. Eventually we'll know of all the potential threats with enough advanced warning and have the capabilities to deflect them. Maybe we're vulnerable for another hundred years, but not likely still vulnerable in a thousand. Given the rarity of such events, we should be fine.
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monomyth 2443 days ago
> Eventually we'll know of all the potential threats with enough advanced warning

We have no idea what Type II or III adversarial civilization will be able to do to us, and how fast.

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marcosdumay 2444 days ago
> we should be fine

Every time somebody says that, I remember of this:

https://xkcd.com/1159/

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