I say civilization is derived from humanity, and uncivil behavior is derived from inhumanity.
On those terms, then I think humanity as we know it could theoretically make the trip.
However, civilization as we know it could not, since the only civilization we know has been based on unsustainability itself for so long it's really difficult for so many people to tell the difference.
Now I think some proponents of interplanetary travel are mathematically inclined, and playing the odds can never expect to arrive at a different celestial body which is more suitable for human habitation than the home planet.
That would be silly, what are the odds?
Instead, it's likely all efforts will be much more realistic, toward settling for any godforsaken unearthlike location within the range of science-fantasy, as if all silliness has been overcome in the process.
On those terms, then I think humanity as we know it could theoretically make the trip.
However, civilization as we know it could not, since the only civilization we know has been based on unsustainability itself for so long it's really difficult for so many people to tell the difference.
Now I think some proponents of interplanetary travel are mathematically inclined, and playing the odds can never expect to arrive at a different celestial body which is more suitable for human habitation than the home planet.
That would be silly, what are the odds?
Instead, it's likely all efforts will be much more realistic, toward settling for any godforsaken unearthlike location within the range of science-fantasy, as if all silliness has been overcome in the process.