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Earth Is Not Optional

Three astronauts in pressurized suits walk away from a landed spacecraft on a barren, Mars-like landscape under a pale sun, emphasizing human fragility in a hostile environment.

We like to imagine ourselves as a spacefaring species, destined to scatter across the stars. In reality, we are fragile Earth-creatures clinging to a narrow biological niche. Mars is not a frontier; it is an exquisitely hostile corpse. The dream of planetary settlement is not bold—it is naïve.