Re: Distant planet judged possibly habitable

Sylvia Else wrote:

Rand Simberg wrote:

Also note that there have been other projects, such as cathedrals,
that took more than a human lifetime to complete.


Ah, yes - religious motives.

Perhaps we need to start a religion focused on going to other planets to find extra-terrestrial life.

One that holds it's mankind's sacred duty to spread earth's holy green fire.

Some people already believe that. But the group of people holding that belief are a diverse lot. It would be difficult to construct a cohesive meme they could all devote themselves to.

Hop
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