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		jononor on April 3, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SES-10 Mission It is one of Musks stated goals to secure better survival ability for humanity. Many others involved have other goals. It seems prudent to avoid keeping all the eggs in one basket by staying only on this one spacerock.

jononor on April 3, 2017 [–]

For the individual, survivalism does not make too much sense to me. Our days are numbered anyways, no-one lives forever.

However as a civilization, which spans many generations and may go on forever, the situation is a bit different.

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