yeah man I am impressed too! and I think if we take all the time and expense to get to another planet, we will get things right this time. In fact, I think we NEED to establish a presence in space BEFORE we can mature as a species. When cooperation becomes essential and greed-motivated competition is harmful to everyone, as it would be in establishing ourselves in space, people will adapt and become more mature as a species. Or they will perish, so given the choice I think they will change as needed. If there are natives already there, we meet on an uninhabited moon or space station and see how they feel about us, and we can find out in a controlled environment whether we can mingle without diseasing each other. If so, some of them could live here and some of us there. We could trade and cooperate. And there are bound to be planets with no life that could support life, or with only simple lifeforms, and we could at least settle the former and decide on the latter. I would love to see what they toke on other planets, they may have another plant that is as good as cannabis but completely different. I can't wait!
