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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fnordland" data-source="post: 9887379" data-attributes="member: 7029543">Space is a hostile environment. I suggest that space is hostile to all life developed in a gravity well. To survive in space over time we must understand how to transcend our biology. Control of biology & the long term transformation of life to survive in space may well require substantial social change. Through this control of biology we may establish a much greater understanding of good physical and mental health.In the future the space faring part of humanity may describe itself:‘We are a culture that intends to be space faring through deep time. In order to survive the harsh environment of space we will change and develop new technology that is biologically & culturally sustainable. Our change will bring forward people, places and policies that we do not recognise in the present. They are all part of the culture that comes itself human. Through deep time we will meet cultures from other places that do not have human origins. They will be completely different. We may not understand or recognise their sentience. They are space faring cultures. They will have control of their biology. This control will allow space dwelling cultures to negotiate contact and live alongside each other through deep time’.Control of our biology may be the cultural signal that extraterrestials are looking for to make formal contact with Earth. A complete understanding of space medicine may be one of the most historically important actions humanity can achieve. This may be a singularity, a transformation of life. We have seen these before, the Agricultural Revolution, the Industrial Revolution. What does the world look like with a biological revolution? Where good mental health and physical health are the default.Mankind is relentlessly curious, people want to explore the unknown. Space exploration is going to be a lot harder and take a lot longer than is imagined in film and tv. Those are shows made for an earth bound culture. Its stories are driven by conflict and drama. What stories can humanity tell in a new world driven by biological possibility?</blockquote>

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