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“Elon #Musk and the #TechBros say they want humans to become an interplanetary species. They say the great priority of humanity should be to colonise Mars. That’s not just mad, it’s dangerous.
It encourages the notion that Earth is temporary and expendable, that we don’t need to cherish and protect it because we can just move on. In reality Earth is the only place where humanity can thrive. The problem is, we’re trashing it.”
Led By Donkeys
I just think Bowie covered the deadening reality of life that we’re not really focusing on despite it being thrust in our faces all the time, because we all enjoy the distractions of modern life and would rather ask ourselves facile questions like is there ‘Life on Mars?’ than how do we save life on planet Earth…because that’s too grim and hard.
Making Mars even a little bit habitable for humans is going to be a massive, generational endeavour.
The invasion of the new world on Earth was big. But that was putting people in a place that humans can already survive in very successfully. Using conventional transport.
Mars is going to take a planetwide cooperative effort. Making things right here on Earth is how we settle Mars. Not some billionaires having a rocket competition.
#space #mars
“If #Musk and #Bezos really want to live on Mars, fine, go for it, do it. Just don’t expect the rest of us to come with you. That’s why we’ve built a rocket at #Glastonbury so we can send them to Mars while we party on Earth.”
Led By Donkeys
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/26/send-them-to-mars-led-by-donkeys-glastonbury-exhibit-takes-aim-at-musk
‘Send them to Mars’: Led By Donkeys Glastonbury exhibit takes aim at Musk
Jamie Grierson (The Guardian)