Subj : Ev8dence for Planet Nine
To   : Charles Pierson
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Dec 16 2020 03:15:28

On 12/15/2020 6:46 AM, between "Charles Pierson - August Abolins":

>  AA> But what's the point. There are far more important things to pay for, to
>  AA> study,
>  AA> and solve on our existing planet. A researcher's life/work seems to be
>  AA> too cushy imho.
>  AA>
>
> And a writer or book seller's life isn't?

With no employees, and operating 7 days a week, it is *not* very cushy at all.  People are astonished that I am even able to accomplish what I need to do totally on my own.  I am sure researchers have holidays, sick days, vacations, etc. That seems very cushy by comparison.


> It comes down basically to resources. We have ~7 billion people on this
> planet. There is only so much space available. There is only so much food,
> water, etc to go around.

Desalination for water. Yay!  Kelp/algea for food!  Yum.


> It's highly unlikely the world will or even should come to an agreement on
> population control. That would undoubtedly get into the whole messy subject
> of Eugenics.

It is probably already being controlled by subtle means: financial or medical.


> So that basically leaves two options: underwater, and extraterrestrial.
>
> Both are valid areas of study to research ways to find ways to generate more
> resources for the ever growing population, and developing more room for
> people to live.

Re: underwater. Even with that you would have to maintain the structures against corrosion and other decay.

Re: extraterrestrial. Again, maintenance of the "ship" that bears the poor souls to their destiny could be a problem.  But then why does an ET destination have to be some planet 9 that is not even visible?  Why can't the moon be a consideration for building the first ET colonies?


> Understanding how our solar system developed, and how the various solar
> bodies affect each other, helps to figure out where to focus our reasearch
> towards where in the solar system we have the best chance of being able to
> develope those things.

It seems that after every "new discovery" there are no real answers. It just becomes another excuse to build yet another probe with different equipment to test for a different specific thing.

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