Nicely put.

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By way of boingboing: http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/007092.html

Synopsis: the biggest win for us as a species for investigating terraforming or colonizing other planets? Learning how to colonize our own.

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OTOH, if it's high-risk, you can't do anything half-assed or lowest-bidder shoddy...

I am so not arguing against that, which is exactly why I like the idea of development in an environment where failure does not equal death. I look at medgadget sometimes, I should more often. Thanks for the reminder.