Umphathi we-SpaceX u-Elon Musk.I-ROBYN BECK / AFP / imifanekiso kaFetty Kunzima ukungafumani umbono wokuba uElon Musk ubhale iplanethi yoMhlaba. Eyona njongo iphambili ye-SpaceX kukuphuhlisa indlela ezinokwenzeka, ezinzileyo zothutho lwangaphakathi olunokusa abantu kwihlabathi langaphandle ukuze bancede ukuqala nokugcina ikholoni esebenza eMars. Yinjongo encomekayo, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo uninzi lwehlabathi lunokuba semva, kodwa yeyona ikunika imvakalelo kaMusk, umseki kunye ne-CEO ye-SpaceX, uyibize ngokuba ngumhla woMhlaba kwaye sagqiba kwelokuba kufuneka sibeke amehlo ethu ku-redder amadlelo.
Kwaye loo mvakaleloibalelwa ngamazwi kaMusk ngokwakhe. Ndicinga ukuba kukho iindlela ezimbini ezisisiseko, utshilo uMusk. Imbali izakucanda phakathi kumacala amabini. Enye indlela kukuhlala emhlabeni ngonaphakade, emva koko kuyakubakho ukuphela komnyhadala wokuphela. Andinaso isiprofeto sosuku lwentshabalalo, kodwa ekugqibeleni, imbali ithi, kuyakubakho umsitho womhla wentshabalalo. Enye into kukuba ube yimpucuko ephethe indawo kunye neentlobo ezininzi zezinto eziphilayo, endinethemba lokuba uya kuvuma yindlela elungileyo yokuhamba.
Ngokufanelekileyo, uElon Musk ufuna ukuya eMars kuba ufuna ukusindisa ubuntu . Ukholelwa ekumiseleni indawo yokuhlala isigxina kwihlabathi elitsha-kwaye ngokuchanekileyo, amanye amazwe amatsha-akhusela iintlobo kwaye aqinisekise ukuba iyakusinda kuyo nayiphi na intlekele enokonakalisa uMhlaba, nokuba yi-asteroid, Iirobhothi ezibulalayo , ayinakubuya umva imo iyatshintsha , okanye esinye isiganeko esingalindelekanga.
Xa isiza ukuphakamisa ialam yokutshabalala , UMusk ngu irekhodi elaphukileyo . Kwaye amazwi akhe anokuma ngokungafaniyo kwizinto zoSuku loMhlaba ekumele ukuba zimele: ulondolozo lwezityalo nezilwanyana zalo mhlaba; ukukhuselwa kwendalo kwimpembelelo yabantu kunye nokuphazamiseka okungalunganga; ukulondolozwa kwendalo epholileyo; kunye nokubhiyozelwa kweplanethi njengendawo eyodwa, enqabileyo apho ubomi buye bavela kwaye baphumelela. Ukuzama ukwakha ikhaya elitsha kwiPlanethi ebomvu kubonakala ngathi akukho nanye kwezo zinto kufanelekileyo ukuzilandela.
Ngapha koko, ukwenza ikoloni iMars kufuna ukuba siyitshintshe ngokupheleleyo imeko ye-Martian. Ukuba siza kuhlala eMars ixesha elide, Kufuneka siyi-terraform . Kufuneka sivelise imeko-bume efudumeleyo ngokwaneleyo ukuba amanzi angamanzi adibanise amachibi kunye neelwandlekazi, kwaye loo nto mhlawumbi ineoksijini ukuze sikwazi ukuphefumla sodwa. Ukwenza oku, kufuneka sipompe iigesi zegreenhouse emoyeni ngenjongo yokuba sifumane izinto ezintle nezithandekayo. Izenzo zethu ezimbi ziphinde zilunge kwakhona!
Phezulu, konke oku kunokubonakala ngathi kukhalimela yonke into emelwe nguMhla woMhlaba. Endaweni yokusebenzela ukugcina uMhlaba, ukuya eMars kubonakala kuyindlela yokunciphisa ilahleko zethu kwaye sizame kwakhona-kwaye ngeli xesha, ukuthanda kwethu ukungxola kunye nokutshintsha okusingqongileyo kuba yinto efanelekileyo.
Kodwa ukuya eMars kunye nokugcina uMhlaba akuhambelani ngokukodwa. Ngokwenyani akukho dichotomy ekucingeni ngoMhlaba kwaye ucinga ngokuba ziintlobo zokufumana indawo, uStephen Petranek, umbhali Siza kuphila njani kwiMars , uxelele uMqwalaseli. Asinakuhlala eMhlabeni ngonaphakade, kuba iya kutshatyalaliswa ekugqibeleni. Kodwa amaxesha amisiweyo anomdla.
UPetranek uyaphawula ukuba Homo sapiens besisemhlabeni malunga neminyaka engama-200,000, kwaye uninzi lwaloo mbali, sibe luhlobo lweendwendwe, sihamba-hamba sikhangela imihlaba emitsha enezinto ezintsha. Ucinga ukuba le ndlela yokuziphatha mhlawumbi yindlela yokuphila efakwe kwi-DNA yethu esenza ukuba sihlolisise ezinye ihlabathi ngaphaya kweMhlaba.
Nangona kunjalo, Homo sapiens ] uya kuphila eMhlabeni esinye isigidi seminyaka, utshilo. Uninzi lwethu luza kuhlala kulo mhlaba ixesha elide. Ke kufuneka sifunde ukuba siyinyamekela njani. Asinalo olunye ukhetho ngokuqinisekileyo, ngalo mzuzu. Xa siqala ukuphonononga amanye amazwe angaphaya koMhlaba kwaye siwamise, oko akuyi kuthetha ukushiya uMhlaba. Siyi-Earthbound species-le iya kuba yiplanethi yekhaya, yexesha elikhulu, elibanzi. Kwangelo xesha, kulungile ukwenza ezinye izinto eziphumayo.
Ngaphezu koko, ukuya kwezinye iiplanethi kunokusinceda silungise intshabalalo esiyenzileyo eMhlabeni. Ngokombono kaPetranek, iikholoni zangaphandle zingasinika inkuthazo, izixhobo, kunye nendawo yokuvavanya ubuchwephesha obunamandla obunokunciphisa okanye ukuguqula utshintsho lwemozulu, ukunciphisa ungcoliseko, nokwenza okanye ukufumanisa izixhobo ezintsha apha eMhlabeni.
Ayibobulumko ukungxola ngendalo yeplanethi yasekhaya, kuba siyazi ukuba iyasebenza, utsho. Kodwa uMars luvavanyo olulindele ukwenzeka. Akukho nto ininzi yokutshabalalisa-yindawo engabonakaliyo. Nantoni na esiyenzayo iya kuyenza ibonakalise ukubuk 'iindwendwe. Njengoko sisenza ezi zinto, siya kufunda okuninzi malunga nokutshintsha kunye nokunceda umoya ojikeleze umhlaba, amanzi, kunye ne-ecosystem. Iya kuba ligophe lokufunda elingaqhelekanga. Ngokukhawuleza sifika kwi-Mars kwaye siqhube olo vavanyo, ngokukhawuleza singasebenzisa ezo zifundo ekulungiseni nasekukhuseleni uMhlaba. UPetranek uthethile ngale micimbi nososayensi abaninzi kunye noosomashishini ababandakanyekayo ekufumaneni izinto eziza kwenzeka eMars- kubandakanya uMusk- kwaye ucinga ukuba abantu bangothuka xa besazi ukuba zingaphi iingcinga ezicinga ngendlela iMars kunye nezinye iindawo ezinokusetyenziswa ngayo kule ndawo.
Kwakhona kuyimpazamo ukucinga ukuba i-terraforming kukugatya ngokucacileyo ukulondolozwa kwemvelo. I-Terraforming Mars ngumba obanzi wokubuyiselwa kweemeko zokuhlala kwindalo esingqongileyo, uChris McKay, isazinzulu seplanethi kwiNASA Ames Research Centre, uxelele uMbonisi. UMcKay ugxininisa ukuba i-terraforming Mars izakuthatha iinkulungwane ngaphambi kokuba izinto zilungele ubomi be-microbial, kunye nemillennia ngaphambi kweMars yindawo ethambileyo yezilwanyana. Abantu kuyakufuneka baphinde bahlengahlengise indlela yabo yokucinga ukusuka kwixesha elifutshane ukuya kwixesha elide-eyona nto ingumba ophambili wento yoMhla woMhlaba. Oku kuyasinyanzela ukuba siqwalasele ixabiso langaphakathi lehlabathi elityebile ngebhayoloji kodwa lingathintelwanga ngokungakhathali ngabantu, utshilo uMcKay.
Ukuya eMars akuthethi ukuba uMhlaba uba yimemori ekude kwaye bonke abo bahlala ngasemva balahlekile. UMusk nabanye bayazi ukuba indawo yokuhamba inexabiso elikhulu ye Earth kwaye inokuba sisitshixo ekusindiseni iplanethi ekutshatyalalisweni. Kuyintloko ephosakeleyo ukucacisa indlela eya phambili njengeendlela ezimbini ezingaqondakaliyo, kodwa akukho mbuzo amaxabiso oMhla woMhlaba ayisiyongingqi nje yoMhlaba. Zizinto esiza kuziqhubela phambili nokuba siyaphi.
