We can NEVER move to other planets, though we have discovered many thousands outside our solar system.
Anyone who thinks we can transport ourselves to extra solar planets has no idea how far they are. Even the nearest star system to the sun would take almost the whole time Homo Sapiens has existed outside Africa to reach at the speeds our fastest current space craft can go. It would take our current technology 70,000 years to reach the three stars of the Alpha Centauri group. There are planets there, but they are most likely at least as inhospitable as Mars and Venus. And THAT is the nearest star system to ours. Other neighbours are at least twice as far away. How does colonisation work in such a huge environment when we live maybe 80 or 90 years in the ideal environment of Earth ( which don't forget is where we evolved to live).
Mars would be the best bet for a short visit or a one way trip.
But -
Mars has an atmosphere similar in pressure to Earth at 120,000 feet.
Mars has no free oxygen in its atmosphere.
Mars has an average temperature of about minus 80 Centigrade
Mars has next to no water by our usual standards
Mars has radiation environment that is very dangerous to life.
Forget colonisation.
Our only long term hope is to vastly reduce the population of humans on Earth and to create a much lower resource demand than we currently regard as essential.
Anyone who thinks we can transport ourselves to extra solar planets has no idea how far they are. Even the nearest star system to the sun would take almost the whole time Homo Sapiens has existed outside Africa to reach at the speeds our fastest current space craft can go. It would take our current technology 70,000 years to reach the three stars of the Alpha Centauri group. There are planets there, but they are most likely at least as inhospitable as Mars and Venus. And THAT is the nearest star system to ours. Other neighbours are at least twice as far away. How does colonisation work in such a huge environment when we live maybe 80 or 90 years in the ideal environment of Earth ( which don't forget is where we evolved to live).
Mars would be the best bet for a short visit or a one way trip.
But -
Mars has an atmosphere similar in pressure to Earth at 120,000 feet.
Mars has no free oxygen in its atmosphere.
Mars has an average temperature of about minus 80 Centigrade
Mars has next to no water by our usual standards
Mars has radiation environment that is very dangerous to life.
Forget colonisation.
Our only long term hope is to vastly reduce the population of humans on Earth and to create a much lower resource demand than we currently regard as essential.
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