If the planet isn't poisoned more and if workers (and the public in general) aren't killed for arbitrary reasons on a whim, ascension is canceled. 
If the planet isn't poisoned more and if workers (and the public in general) aren't killed for arbitrary reasons on a whim, ascension is canceled.
Why would I want to leave Earth? If you think this planet sucks, one without a biosphere is really gonna whoop your ass.
I was thinking about this the other day. Earth is huge and well, was, beautiful, perfect planet to live on but people like musk have ruined it.
maybe once the libertarian rich guys trash the planet they want a rich person only escape hatch
edit: New Zealand bunker villa is not exotic enough
Rich person escape hatch this way
here
It will always be harder to colonized a new planet than to fix this one
Agreed, though I would like to go see what's out there some day if I get the chance (to turn in to an incredibly robust form capable of surviving the long, long trip slow-boating to another sun)
I've had a lifelong fascination with space and a deep and painful yearning to explore the stars, which is why it hurts so fucking much that those dreams have been hijacked by billionaire manchildren that actually lack a child's imagination on top of it all and just want to imitate what's already on their screens in the clumsiest performative way.
Hard agree. They read Heinlein in 1986 and made it their entire personality, never reading another book again.
Because the treats said that it would be a le epic Science Victory to land on Mars, and a Nolanesque epic moment would happen with Zimmer style BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMS and humans would ascend