Cory Doctorow on Nostr: But even if we *could* establish such a colony, there's little evidence that it could ...
But even if we *could* establish such a colony, there's little evidence that it could sustain itself - not only are we a very, very long way off from such a population being able to satisfy its material needs off-planet, but we have little reason to believe that children could gestate, be born, and grow to adulthood off-planet.
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