It's sad really, we could all be flying around in space if it weren't for humanity being a dumbass, fighting each other, destroying their cradle (Earth)...
Not
could -
would.
The dark ages lasted for about 700 years (roughly the 6th to 13th centuries) where there was no scientific research and everyone believed in a god.
We would be colonizing the nearest stars by now if the dark ages hadn't existed.
That could be a possibility. Imagine how technology evolved rapidly since the invention of steam engines in the 1600s? In just a span of 400 + years, here we are now, having the modern tech laid before us. Only if those people back then didn't delay scientific advancements, imagine what kind of technology would we have right now? We could have set up colonies in different star systems by now if not because of those close-minded religious dudes believing that science is the work of demons and is only a way to distance Man from God.
I am not certain this is true. The dark ages may have been a necessary prelude to the explosion of science, knowledge and philosophy we call the Renaissance. Something like night and day, winter and summer. Maybe.
And it's certainly not accurate to suggest that pre-microscope, pre-telescope, people were close minded. They just couldn't SEE THINGS. Were you or I there now, we would be certain of "Rational and Logical Thinking" which led to conclusions that are now thought of as ridiculous.
Back to the subject, note the phrase "Colonizing Mars" is a hugely different thing than saying "Making one trip to Mars." There's nothing wrong with considering 250 years as a reasonable timeframe for "Colonizing Mars." And with the highly productive robotic rovers, we are doing a great job towards advancing such goals. But much very basic stuff remains to be understood.
Further and prime most, I suggest that when this exploration and colonization happens, they will be using Bitcoin.
Not only will they be using Bitcoin (or what bitcoin develops into with the advent to household, quantum computers), but government as we know it will be a thing of the past. There won't be any IRS. There won't be any police-brutality-plague. People will rule themselves under common law, based on if they harm or injure anybody.
Probably, there won't be any petrodollar, business people who rule the world. Things will be free and just. Mars missions will be based on individuals doing thier thing in the Mars program, based on volunteer giving to a company that doesn't have any government red tape, and that operates freely for those who donate. In fact, it will be the people who donate that will be making the decisions... based on real value donations, rather than on some fake fiat donations of a debt system that is bank controlled.
Courts will only be there to help sort out issues between people. Corporate veils will be bypassed in man to man court issues... even corporate veils regarding the defrauding scheme of the current Mars program being talked about in this thread.
There will be real value for value in the Mars program.
Why, a verfitable UTOPIA awaits us...only it must battle for supremacy with the Christian utopia, the Islam utopia, the Communist utopia and hundreds of others.
Why should I believe in YOURS?
This is all backwards. You should believe in MINE. MINE is BESTEST.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSGuBNopzBwAnd you can TRUST ME. Course right now, things be looking pretty bad and getting badder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meCZ5hWNRFUAnd we ain't gonna colonize that Mars until we knows how to make fiddles thar, out of that dirt or something.
Utopia? You actually believe in an utopia?
People are waking up. Pete Hendrickson of
http://www.losthorizons.com/index.html has shown people how to get $billions back from the IRS and FICA. The people have done it, to the tune of $billions. And more and more people are waking up to it all the time. Here's the gist of it.
The only time the IRS comes after a person for taxes is when they are informed by someone that taxable income was earned. The method used for informing the IRS is essentially hearsay.
The most common method whereby the IRS is informed of such is through a Form W-2
hearsay form. This form is almost always sent to the IRS by an employer. The form states that the employee made a certain amount of gross income or income during a specified period. But, the employer never goes to court and states under oath that such monetary reimbursements-for-work are income or gross income. It is hearsay.
What would you do if your employer made a genuine mistake on your W-2? Let's say that you made $10,000 for a particular year. Let's say that your employer says that you made $100,000 by accident. You need to write to your employer and tell him of his mistake, and ask him to correct it with an amended W-2. If your employer will not, you must use an IRS Form 4852 to correct the mistake yourself and send this in to the IRS with your tax form.
What to do when your employer sends YOUR W-2 to the IRS? Send a letter to your employer asking him to change your income or gross income on an amended W-2 to $0.00, and send that to the IRS in place of the original. When he doesn't, use the Form 4852 to do it yourself (set your income or gross income reported to $0.00), then file your 1040 with $0.00 income earned, and get all your withheld money, including FICA (Social Security tax), back from the IRS. Look at all the folks who got their money back using this method -
http://www.losthorizons.com/BulletinBoard.htm.
Your employer's original W-2 that he sends in is hearsay. Rebut the hearsay with your own hearsay, and get all your money back.
This is exactly the thing that government attacks everyone for, hearsay. There is virtually nothing else that government or law enforcement attacks anyone for, especially when there is no harm or damage of property done. It is all hearsay. And when you don't rebut it properly in court, you lose.
Learn about Karl Lentz now, before government comes after you for the hearsay of
breathing incorrectly -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOkAHRzuiOA&list=PLHrkQxgz0mg6kUBciD-HIvTXByqjcIZ-DMaybe we will start to get to an utopia, when enough people start to wake up.