Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video]
I&#x27;d really like to see us taking space seriously. While I&#x27;m still here.<p>One of my earliest strong memories was the last moon landing. This was followed by years of &quot;Tomorrow&#x27;s World&quot; and &quot;Horizon&quot; telling us about the Moon bases, Mars bases and orbital platforms that would soon follow. We got Skylab and some very interesting probes. I&#x27;m a tiny bit disappointed in that. We were meant to be en route to Starfleet Command and global cooperation (which always seemed a big ask as we were at the height of the cold war).<p>However, I can&#x27;t help thinking if we <i>do</i> become a multiplanetary species before resolving the issues of this one a few things are just a matter of time. That some politician claims we don&#x27;t need to care about emissions as we now have a spare, so he&#x27;s going to build loads of new coal. That Esso wants to know if there&#x27;s oil. That we have an interplanetary falling out (OK that&#x27;s probably a while away). That we start littering and buggering up the rest of the solar system.