> How do you think the Americas were settled by Europeans?
These were families, who were setting out for the promise of a better life, to a world where they were promised fertile land and... a breathable atmosphere.
Do you understand how that might be completely incomparable to traveling to a dead world, where life will invariably be much worse, and there is no chance to bring your family or build a future with them?
There is no mystery, there is no unknown, there is no promise of riches or a better life, which is what explorers of the eras you're referring to were seeking.
> Yeah? And? So? You think people moving from Europe to the colonies didn't get cold feet? Hell, as times get hard, it's only natural to wonder WTF you made this decision. Those people will probably be culled from the herd so to speak.
You're being so glib, think a little longer. Did those colonists have twitter? Could a disaster be instantaneously broadcast around the world and cause a simultaneous shift in global perception and government policy? Think about the Challenger disaster leading to the end of the shuttle program. Could you conceive how a major disaster on such a ludicrously expensive undertaking as a Mars mission might result in cuts to the program and potentially all future plans for manned space travel beyond the moon?
>like you sound like without the sense of adventure and too meek to do anything other than leave their house for work. Just because someone else is much more bold than you does not mean that you should prevent them from doing it because you might feel uncomfortable upon hearing about something.
This is funny. Do you know the life I've lived? Are you confident that it's in alignment with your assumptions?
What gives you the idea that I do? Of course I don't know you, or you'd know that I did.
I phrased it in a way that indicates I don't know anything about you or how you think, but based on your writing it sounds like something else. That's all I said. I didn't say you were someone scared of adventure, but it reads like someone that is. As the saying goes, if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck. Sometimes it's a swan though, so it's not a hard rule.
These were families, who were setting out for the promise of a better life, to a world where they were promised fertile land and... a breathable atmosphere.
Do you understand how that might be completely incomparable to traveling to a dead world, where life will invariably be much worse, and there is no chance to bring your family or build a future with them?
There is no mystery, there is no unknown, there is no promise of riches or a better life, which is what explorers of the eras you're referring to were seeking.
> Yeah? And? So? You think people moving from Europe to the colonies didn't get cold feet? Hell, as times get hard, it's only natural to wonder WTF you made this decision. Those people will probably be culled from the herd so to speak.
You're being so glib, think a little longer. Did those colonists have twitter? Could a disaster be instantaneously broadcast around the world and cause a simultaneous shift in global perception and government policy? Think about the Challenger disaster leading to the end of the shuttle program. Could you conceive how a major disaster on such a ludicrously expensive undertaking as a Mars mission might result in cuts to the program and potentially all future plans for manned space travel beyond the moon?
>like you sound like without the sense of adventure and too meek to do anything other than leave their house for work. Just because someone else is much more bold than you does not mean that you should prevent them from doing it because you might feel uncomfortable upon hearing about something.
This is funny. Do you know the life I've lived? Are you confident that it's in alignment with your assumptions?