Teacup said:
> Getting off planet as soon as possible is our best means for seeing to it our genes
> AND our technology continue.

Wirelessguru1 said:
>That is an amazing statement! Like human beings have the know how to sustain life outside >the planet Earth!!!

Let's put it in perspective:
The study posits a 62 million year cycle +/- 3 million years.
+/- 3 million out of 62 million is almost a 10% margin of error.
1 century = 0.00016% of the total time frame
1 century = 0.00167% of the margin of error!

In the last 100 years mankind has gone directly from horses and other beasts of burden, sailing ships, and a few steam driven vehicles to manned space flight, probes to the outer solar system, and thousands of daily passenger flights all around the globe.

Assuming the regularly scheduled Extinction Event is headed right for us, it seems to me that we ought to get off the tracks. Take advantage of whatever few centuries we have to expand outwards & get all our eggs out of the same basket.

Just don't ask me to spend any extended period of time cramped into one of those smelly space capsules.

Peski