I’ve always said that space exploration will not happen if its solely based on scientific advancement. History shows us that colonisation happen only when there is a financial or emotional purpose. Here’s a fascinating idea called Mars One which hopes to send people to Mars on a one way trip and financing it all through a reality TV show.
Is this a flight of fancy? Perhaps. How should Christians respond to this? In previous centuries they have done so by getting ministers on to the First Fleet and following things up with a bunch of missionaries. I wonder…
Cortez burns his ships and goes on to vanquish the Aztecs!
Have the guys not heard of “survivor bias”?
Plus I thought for maximum impact you were supposed to surprise the crew on the shore of the new and forbidding location