Bezos said we need to leave Earth

Toroid

Founding Member
Jeff Bezos said in a Space Development Conference in Los Angeles that we need to colonize the moon. He suggests moving industry to the moon and even asteroids.
Bezos says we need to leave Earth in order to survive
From Fox News: The recently anointed richest person in the world, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, says we need to colonize the moon — and time is of the essence.

“We must go back to the moon, and this time to stay,” he said.

Speaking at the Space Development Conference in Los Angeles over the weekend, Mr. Bezos made the argument that in order to protect Earth and allow the human species to continue growing, we need to move much of our industrial activity to the moon, or even asteroids.

The 54-year-old billionaire said moving heavy industry into solar-powered space outposts is the only way to ensure that our planet can cope with the rising demand for energy and the stresses of a growing population.

“We will have to leave this planet,” he said, according to Geek Wire. “We’re going to leave it, and it’s going to make this planet better. We’ll come and go, and the people who want to stay, will stay.”

Mr. Bezos believes it will happen in our lifetime because the human race has little alternative. “The alternative is stasis,” he said, adding that without space settlements, societies around the globe “will have to stop growing” due to environmental and other constraints.

“That’s not the future that I want for my grandchildren, or my grandchildren’s grandchildren.”

The US government has stated it wants to pursue sustainable outposts in space and the Trump administration has shown renewed interest in returning to the moon. The Amazon CEO expects US government funding taxpayers to play a vital role in efforts to build habitats in space but said his rocket company, Blue Origin, would push on with its mission even if it doesn’t receive funding help from NASA.

“It won’t be done by one company” or by NASA, he said but by “thousands of companies working in concert over many decades”.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has previously outlined his idea for sending humans to colonize Mars but Mr. Bezos clearly thinks our planet’s moon is a better option for an initial outpost. As he pointed out during the conference talk, the moon is more conveniently located and reachable in just a couple of days with the right rocket.

The e-commerce entrepreneur also seems excited by the fact that in the past decade scientists discovered the existence of icy water near the poles that could theoretically be converted into hydrogen and oxygen and used for drinkable water, breathable air and propellants for reusable rockets.

“It’s almost like somebody set this up for us,” Mr. Bezos said.

If you’re a billionaire leader of industry, it’s become rather fashionable to use your means to push humanity towards the final frontier.

Jeff Bezos previously said he sells about $1 billion a year in Amazon stock to pursue his plans for space tourism and called his rocket company “the most important work I am doing”.

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Toroid

Founding Member
He wants fulfillment centers on the moon to service alien races. :eek:
Blue Origin is 'going to the MOON': Jeff Bezos unveils giant concept lunar lander | Daily Mail Online
Jeff Bezos revealed Blue Origin's lunar lander, Blue Moon on Thursday afternoon during a secretive event
  • The lander has been in development for three years, putting it on track for a 2024 landing, Bezos said
  • Company also developing a new rocket engine for the system, which could be stepping stone for colonization
  • Blue Origin teased an image of Ernest Shackleton's exploration ship Endurance, suggesting their moon plans
  • Shackleton is the name of a crater in the moon's famed South Pole-Aitken Basin, many noted ahead of event

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Standingstones

Celestial
There is going to come a point in time when there will be too many humans to be supported by this planet. That day doesn't seem that far off. There better be some plans drawn up to colonize the Moon and Mars damn soon. The time to daydream is almost over.
 

nivek

As Above So Below
There is going to come a point in time when there will be too many humans to be supported by this planet. That day doesn't seem that far off. There better be some plans drawn up to colonize the Moon and Mars damn soon. The time to daydream is almost over.

It does seem like its pretty much 'business as usual' in the world, not giving much concern of the path our species is on, at some point there's going to be a reality check...

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Standingstones

Celestial
It does seem like its pretty much 'business as usual' in the world, not giving much concern of the path our species is on, at some point there's going to be a reality check...

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Bezos hasn't been the only person to speak about colonization of other worlds. He's just one of the few to have the means to take on a project of this sort.
 

nivek

As Above So Below
Bezos hasn't been the only person to speak about colonization of other worlds. He's just one of the few to have the means to take on a project of this sort.

I don't think people can survive in space or even on the moon long term yet, the technology we have isn't reliable enough in my opinion...We need to stop treating the earth like our trash can...

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pigfarmer

tall, thin, irritable
Hurry up and don't miss the last bus out
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nivek

As Above So Below
I have read the talk that travelling to outer worlds may be a one way trip for many people.

I think that may be the case for small settlements in the future...Our first exploratory missions to Mars will be round trips to get boots on the ground for the first time but if we were to send people to stay there for a couple years or more they most likely will not return to earth...I think they would either run into life threatening problems or adjust to life on Mars and settle in for the long haul there...

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pigfarmer

tall, thin, irritable
I think that may be the case for small settlements in the future...Our first exploratory missions to Mars will be round trips to get boots on the ground for the first time but if we were to send people to stay there for a couple years or more they most likely will not return to earth...I think they would either run into life threatening problems or adjust to life on Mars and settle in for the long haul there...

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The amount of time we're talking about for the trip is similar to what people had to deal with in previous centuries to relocate from one continent to the other, and one way trips were the rule not the exception. Amazing that we're now talking about friggin' Mars in very much the same way people once viewed emigration to North America or out West.
 

Standingstones

Celestial
The amount of time we're talking about for the trip is similar to what people had to deal with in previous centuries to relocate from one continent to the other, and one way trips were the rule not the exception. Amazing that we're now talking about friggin' Mars in very much the same way people once viewed emigration to North America or out West.
The US can’t be idle. China, Russia and India have shown they are hellbent to reach other planets in our system.
 
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