2010-04-27, 11:32 PM
Irregardless of extraterrestrial life, I am of the notion that colonizing space is a huge priority for the truly long time survival of the human race. Putting all of our eggs on one planet is a terrible idea. Between super-volcanoes, cosmic radiation, and the chance for asteroid collision, our luck will only last so long. Not to mention resources. No matter how well we get our recycling capacity built up and perfected, so things simply will not last, and we must master at least the ability to gather various resources from other locations in the solar system, if not colonization (and dare I hope terraforming) by the time these things run out.