Scott Solomon

So if that's the case, and if they don't have a choice, if that's the only place that they can live, I think it might be different.

Now, I'm not saying that we definitely should do that, but I think that the ethics are...

I think, somewhat distinct when you're talking about, you know, having a situation where people don't have the option of getting out of that situation, right?

You don't have a way to get away from the risk.

Well, and then there's the added on top of that is the possibility that by making those changes, you might be improving their ability to thrive in that environment, but you might simultaneously... Condemn them from being able to go back home.

Oh, my God.

There's a lot to do.

There's a lot of things.

Well, you know, we don't have to go.

So, I mean, this is the question that I ultimately wrestled with in researching and writing this book is, you know, I wanted to really understand what would happen, right?

What would be, if we go down this route of people living beyond earth, what should we expect will happen to those people in future generations?

That's what the book's all about.

But throughout this, I sort of really struggled with like, okay, given what we know, what

is this a path we should be pursuing?

Like, is this the right thing to do?

And you're, you're, you're making a good point that like in the long run, we might have to, because we've got all our eggs in, in one, you know, planetary basket here.

So, um,

That's risky.

But the next question is, when?

What's the timeframe for this, right?