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lol. Other than understanding our nearest celestial neighbor?
Exploration. Yes, a good thing.
You’re aware that at some point in the future the sun will eventually consume the Earth and that at multiple points in the last asteroids have had significant influence on the development of life here, yes?
Yep. I'm also aware that sometime after that, the universe itself will die (either Big Crunch or Cold Death). The time scales of both are enormous. Also, when the Sun dies, Mars goes, too. Won't matter if we managed to tech our way into a colony on Mars at that point.
Asteroids are a problem. We should be devoting more resources to finding, tracking, and defending against them. Wouldn't you agree?
