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		ekianjo on April 21, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Space Colony Art from the 1970s Maybe, but we are still stockpiling weapons that can destroy our whole civilization at any time. It's not because we are currently in a relatively peaceful era that it's going to last in the long term.

bdunbar on April 26, 2014 [–]

Yup. That's a reason why I'm a big fan of the High Frontier, space exploration, and settlement.

So when something goes boom, here, there will be some people, elsewhere, to help rebuild.

Worst case, the species will carry on.

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