What is it about?
Humanity is at a unique juncture in its technological evolution, one in which we have the opportunity, the first in our existence, to diversify our species off Earth and become a multi-world species. But there is a catch. Probability dictates that a major catastrophe, either natural or self inflicted, could happen to send our species back centuries or to the brink of Extinction; thus resetting our self saving clock.
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Why is it important?
Survival of the human species.
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This page is a summary of: The Mars imperative: Species survival and inspiring a globalized culture, Acta Astronautica, February 2015, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2014.11.006.
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