March 22nd 2024.
Former President Obama raised concerns about Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' plans to colonize space and its potential impact on Earth. He expressed these concerns at the 2024 POwR Earth Summit in Paris, where he criticized the lack of investments by Silicon Valley CEOs to address environmental issues on our planet. While Elon Musk has invested $100 million of his own money into his aerospace company SpaceX, it is rumored that Bezos has invested between $7.5 billion and $20 billion into his company Blue Origin.
Obama believes that the money invested in space exploration would be better used to address pressing environmental issues on Earth. He questions the logic of abandoning our planet and seeking refuge on Mars due to the degradation of Earth's environment. He emphasizes the need to focus on problems such as climate control, as highlighted by the United Nations' weather agency, which has put global warming in a state of "red alert" due to record-breaking increases in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures, and melting glaciers and sea ice.
On the other hand, Bezos sees space exploration as a way to save humanity's growth by preserving Earth's natural resources. He argues that while there has been significant progress in terms of literacy, poverty, and infant mortality rates, society's progress is also damaging the planet. Bezos believes that we can have both progress and a healthy natural world, but it requires us to venture into space.
Blue Origin, Bezos' aerospace company, hopes to launch its New Glenn mega-rocket by the third quarter of 2024. The company's goal is to enable humans to decide whether to live on Earth or in large space stations nearby. Bezos envisions a future where humanity's expansion is driven by resources from the asteroid belt and near-Earth objects. He even suggests that humans living near Earth could visit the planet for holiday, similar to visiting a national park.
Bezos' ultimate goal is to see a trillion humans living in the solar system, which would mean having 1,000 Mozarts and 1,000 Einsteins at any given time. He believes that this would be a significant step for the progress of humanity. However, Obama and other critics question the cost and environmental impact of such a massive endeavor. These differing perspectives highlight the ongoing debate over the role of space exploration in the future of our planet.
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