Can We Genetically Engineer Humans for Space?

Traveling far distances in space is difficult, but advances in jet propulsion and genetics are making it possible. Trace is joined by Dr. Kiki Sanford to discuss how by altering the genes in our own bodies, we can make ourselves more fit to survive on other planets!
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[@FaridAbbasbayli]

Your title question is wrong. Like all those other previous "Can we X?" questions. The correct question is "WHEN can we X?"

[@-Miasimon]

Before we even think about genetically engineered humans... start on turtles... for reasons.

[@Cowboymanfromdownunder]

Lets make them have ninja skills. And they must, MUST, be 4. No less, no more. And feed them only pizza. Just saying.

[@Michael98180]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reference, for the win, Happy 30th Anniversary to TMNT fans.

[@-Miasimon]

Leonardo Oliva Woah woah woah... woah... first thing's first... get them to be able to talk, and be able to stand on their hind legs for extended periods of time. *Then* teach them the way of the ninja... alas, here we hit a dead end... we need a genetically engineered sewer rat for the sole purpose of teaching the turtles... It's all about baby steps. (Someone should film the whole thing and make it into a series... we shall call it, Adolescent Genetically Modified Turtles of the Ninja Persuasion, AGMTNP for short.)

[@Cowboymanfromdownunder]

I strongly feel we might just be on to something.

[@obsidiancakes634]

Regenerating limbs would be amazing! Although, there are kids at my high school who would hack their arms off to get out of school work until their arms would grow back -.-

[@Juanita_banana]

Brace yourselves offended christian are coming.

[@MogofWar]

Print organisms on demand? So that's how the Barracks in StarCraft work!

[@MogofWar]

On a more serious note, I sincerely worry that genetically modifying ourselves to be suited to other environments, might lead to the enslavement of our descendants to the unmodified class via GRM (Which is a play on DRM). I know that my genes will have to be modified to put my descendants into space, but they need to be ensured that THEY have the rights over THEIR OWN DNA and not some corporate patent holder.

[@R0ck3tC0w]

Mog of War Hm. Whoa.

[@thevoiceofthelost]

well if we put a lid on the power and influence corporations have now we wont have to worry about our descendants being slaves and having the rights to their own DNA later.

[@MogofWar]

H¥pΣr N¤vα The problem is, Corporations are literally impossible to put a lid on by the very nature of their existence. It's also impossible to meet the economic needs of a modern population without them. I.E. without legally incorporated corporations the guilds and covenants which form to meet the purpose they serve would become the new corporations. What is instead necessary is a Genetic Bill of Rights, stating that all organisms are owners in every gene they inherit. That corporations can own equipment and offer genetic services but cannot own the genes themselves.

[@thevoiceofthelost]

Mog of War no it is possible to put a lid on them, there needs to be heavy regulation, and there needs to be a governmental system not influenced by money. money equals power, and as long as that remains true corporations will always equal corruption. corporations are and always have been double edged swords. we need to find a way to decrease the negative aspects without harming the positive ones. this is going to inevitably lead into the realm of politics since the two go hand and hand but for now lets not touch that, hypothetically speaking we cant have corporations acting as governments in the future of space colonization and such.we need to give corporations wiggle room, but not so much room that they break loose and wreak havoc across the planet, and especially not the galaxy if we last that long. they give us benefits, but they exist only to capitalize on something, they exist only to generate profits. we can not allow such an entity to influence the planetary governments. it must be government and citizens first, corporate entities second if at all. there will need to be a different economic system and a different governmental structure for this to happen. the ideal system is already here, but the problem is not many people are doing it. take denmark for example, they dont have any huge mega corporations, they function fine with small localized ones that compete with each other but otherwise stay out of politics. they are also one of the happiest places on earth currently. we would need a system like that if we wanted to make sure corporations dont bite us in the ass later. but just in case all else fails, a sort of genetic bill of rights wouldn't be a bad idea. it would definitely help stop the masses and corporations from seeing genetic humans as property. the problem is, just like the bill of rights here there will of course be corporations and governments who disagree and refuse to follow it. then there would have to be a central coalition to enforce those rights. which could become too powerful.. damned if you do damned if you dont.

[@pbj2847]

A genetically modified human really is the best way to go for those headed out into space. Humans who are colonizing particular planets or moons would have modified characteristics that would make them much better suited. They would essentially be a different species over time. Kind of reminds me of the pair of finches that flew to the Galapagos islands and over time evolved into hundreds of species which filled every available ecological niche, all from the same original pair. Really cool stuff is on the horizon assuming we don't blow ourselves up first.

[@ZainHallows]

it begins with printing humans, and then becomes "HEY! I want to have the arms of a gorilla and a wolf's tail!" and then...well..."yeh just make me like this" *gives 3d model of what ever* soooooooooooon

[@TerraOmnia]

Yes! Screw plastic surgery, I want some cosmetic printing!

[@KafshakTashtak]

Just give us Wifi in our brains, that would be all.

[@C0deH0wler]

I think that would cause cancer, I think?

[@djunior874]

Finally someone addresses the topic of human augmentation in space travel. I can't find it anywhere else on the internet. However, I think mechanical augmentation is more likely and probably easier in the near future than genetic enhancement. It will mean we can survive in very harsh environments.

[@phyrath5]

Agreed. I just left a comment stating that I would prefer mechanical alterations & pointed out that with biological alterations you'd likely just be able to adapt to one or two possibly habitable worlds while with mechanical alterations you'd just need to have a few parts recalibrated & you could switch from high to low gravity & back again if you wanted to. Also with extensive mechanical augmentation you could increase your odds of surviving an incident like a space suit breach or damage to the ship itself. A mostly mechanical body could be made to be vacuum & radiation resistant, probably not immune to it tho.

[@pyromaniac407]

You'd need to basically eliminate any biological parts if you wanted that to be viable for extreme environments like space or extreme cold/heat

[@A-Duck]

Why not both? They are not mutually exclusive. In fact, I can think of a few ways they may actually require each other to truly be successful and meet our lofty expectations.

[@djunior874]

WiredPyro 7CellarDoors I think 7Cellar is correct, a mix will probably be more likely as what WiredPyro says makes sense. Exposure to a vacuum is not nice.

[@RareMade]

Why do we always have to bring God into this can we just stop the hate. its getting annoying how people always do this to start a big arguement... at the end of the day we all love science here or most of us!

[@ian2081]

"Dear God, please protect us from your followers."

[@oscaralonso4699]

Ironicly I think God would let the scientist who are working hard to improve the life of other living beings instead of going to church on sundays into heaven before all the religious think they know it all that only do it to stay in good terms with him so they don't go to hell.

[@XxDestroyerx]

SPARTAN-II's anyone? :D

[@Szywix]

If we humans want to be futuristic stellar travellers, we are going to have to learn to accept things like genetic modification. Today's moral standards make that incredibly -iffy, and it will probably be quite a few decades before we (as a society) are open-minded enough to try it. I hope we see this kind of stuff in our time. I really do.

[@Dhalgrim]

yes i talked to my parents and friends and told them as soon as i could get something like that or robotic limbs, that work better than my own i would do it in a heartbeat even if my limbs or organs are healthy and functional. they were definitely not open minded about that one. even wanting to send my ashes or corpse to space is something they can't grasp

[@aghollingsworth]

KHAAAAAAAAN!!!

[@Cowboymanfromdownunder]

And so it begins....

[@Linkous12]

If anyone is interested in some of the speculation concerning adapting ourselves for space travel (or space travel ultimately changing us) I recommend hunting down "All Tomorrows" by C.M. Kosemen ("Nemo Ramjet") on the interwebs. It's a wild ride.

[@nilayjain6043]

I wish you guys discussed the morality of the situation and the Theseus's paradox. At what point do we diverge into a new species. Do we treat humans with modifications differently. Can we do that to babies who haven't had a chance to choose for themselves. Is natural evolution safer or better than artificial evolution? these questions need to asked and discussed so we can prepare for the future. seems like these technologies are not question of if but when. love the show!

[@SinerAthin]

I don't think natural evolution is necessarily safer. After all, the way we're evolving today is completely random and removed from human will. I say it's time mankind puts their hands on the wheel in the car of evolution.

[@nilayjain6043]

as of right now we are trying to figure out what genes do what. is it ethically right to alter a humans genes just so see what happens? would it be better if tested it on clones? are clones people? should we use humans as lab rats? if we don't what is another country does, wouldn't they have an advantage over us? i mean genetically identical humans fight each other based on our skin color, and our beliefs. what happens when we are genetically different?

[@TheDoubledshing]

Trace is so into this and so fascinated. Just look at his face at 1:05 ^^... awesome

[@bluelense7]

Strange coincidence that I just finished watching "Susei no Gargantia" which touched on this subject.

[@Alman556]

It would be much easier to engineer a ship that could accommodate human needs in space. To cross the sea, we did not grow gills, but built better ships.

[@KillerCombow]

yeah but lets be honest... who doesn't want gills ;D

[@SinerAthin]

I'm a fan of Aristotle and his golden mean. I don't think the answer lies in either of the extremes (such as building stuff to compensate for our weaknesses), or specializing(such as growing gills to cross the ocean). But in between. Let us enhance ourselves to make our current human platform(our body) superior, and then use our superior intelligence and strength to build even more marvelous constructions to ascend our specie into the stars!

[@Bahamuttiamat]

SinerAthin lol superior? compared to what? most humans lack any kind of understanding what it means to be human. Ultimately we'll always be limited to our understanding of self. Foolish humans. ps. My comments was not meant to insult you in any way. It was just a thought i had floating around.

[@Aukov2]

it sounds easy enough to do that..but the problem with that is time! it takes YEARS for a space travel (even for Mars it takes 1 year) maybe even millions of years actualy..and the human body can not stay at space for far too long without deteriorating..so they actualy try to do the first step to your idea...make "us" survive LONG enough for the actual travel..AFTER we can see what will take us there ;)

[@SinerAthin]

***** Superior to our past intelligence. And yes, a smarter brain won't solve everything. At worst, it can only help. But, can't you deny that a smarter brain is good a good thing, no? :)

[@DeadWolfRakon]

Where the views at :(

[@vanman9607]

This is the basis of Hugh Howey's Halfway Home book. Rockets are launched to other planets and people are "grown" once they get there (if the planet is feasible). Great book if you enjoy reading.

[@karlslicher8520]

Fero mag-suit in a stabilising field for the mean time? Vibration plates help with bone density also.

[@silvastone1691]

Pretty cool but I'm still waiting for them to clone a human, I know it's illegal but C'mon ya gotta try it out once before you deem it "Playing God"

[@ranchero1707]

Won't be cool when our clones start killing us....

[@silvastone1691]

Eh considering I know how to defend myself I'm not too worried about that. Besides all they got to do is make one clone just to prove that they can.

[@ranchero1707]

silvastone1691 Yeah then they make some without our permission....

[@silvastone1691]

Wolf They always will, and by some chance they can and begin to clone people it wont be available to the common masses.

[@CreamOfEcstast.]

Steph1691 what the point in them proving they can do it when we already know they can .

[@rubikfan1]

i want quantum entanglement telephone. no more space delay!

[@xenorac]

Oh yeah! Thats the real future!

[@RoySchl]

eli nope relay station in the exact middle sending out pairs of entangled particles (one in one direction one in the other) and a normal electromagnetic timepulse signal (to synchronize suff) at a specific time interval. sender puts in data by flipping the particles on his side (0 or 1) receiver just looks at his after. this would take a while to establish (have to wait until the first particles arrive at both ends) and would be very impracticle because all kinds of reasons, but it should work in principle... or am i missing something?

[@Tupster]

Just no.

[@rubikfan1]

why shouldnt it work? the particles are entanglement, change one, other one react. sounds like you can easely(but than not so easy) do morse code

[@Tupster]

You know what the other particle will measure, but you have no way of controlling it. Imagine if I had entangled dice. If you roll a 2 then I'll have to roll a 5 (that is 7-N). How would you use your die to communicate with me if all you can do is fairly roll yours?

[@MrBebopChamploo]

I want to have a genetically engineered bioluminescence ability that I can control. I don't know what the benefits will be but it it will be damn cool.

[@DragonFae16]

If printing large organisms ever becomes possible, I think they should try printing creatures that went extinct because of humans, like the thylacine. Of make new animals, or bring fantasy animals like dragons to life. Have real dragons would be the coolest thing EVER! There could be a whole planet populated entirely by mythical creatures.

[@LtheprodigyH]

Already trying this out. Not with 3-D printers of course, since they haven't really taken off yet but through means of classically cloning an animal like Dolly the sheep.

[@jdrmanmusiqking]

yeaaah... somehow I doubt having giant flying fire-breathing lizards would be the "coolest thing EVER!" Just saw what I did there. No pun intended lol

[@ShawisRe]

One thing comes to mind when it comes to genetic engineering, KHAN!!!

[@dokkenrox]

I can't help but notice that when we gaze out upon the universe, the number of genetically modified organisms inhabiting other planets appears to be approximately 0 so far. This leads me to believe that perhaps actually getting to these planets in the first place is a difficult problem. In any case, I think we would be better off focusing our gene modification research on more pressing issues here on earth, like disease for example.

[@Oggydoggy1989]

If we could make someone resistant to microgravity.... Could we use it to increase body strength on Earth? Or any other place where gravity is larger.

[@ShadowKnight4340]

only way for this to really happen anytime soon is for all the countries to put aside their differences and work together..

[@TheCadburyFiend]

Out of the entire electromagnetic spectrum, why did was the current visible spectrum selected?

[@VariantAEC]

Human beings and other animals are far too complicated to "print". It's not like after printing an organ using organic materials it will automatically start working. If we do manage printing a human or any animal it would be a lifeless vegetable essentially clinically dead on arrival. Resuscitation may be possible, but without knowing what makes us who we are there is no assurance what comes out on the other side of that system is going to be you. That is scary on a ton of different levels.

[@Rafinius]

It won't be you anyway. You'll be back at the scanner.

[@210larz]

wow, it's seems to be that this two scientist have some action!! wow! congrats

[@drec9267]

GUNDAM PPL THE NEW TYPES ARE COMING

[@ffdavex]

nope, that's called coordinator.

[@thetmntr1943]

yes

[@andrewkwasek1214]

I was cleaning up one day and found this random old doll. I tossed it out and then 10 years later my sister is having a kid and is looking for that doll cuz she was saving it for this one special situation. She wanted to pass it on to her kid and see her kid play with it and enjoy it as much as she did. Of course i didn't know what the doll was for, and i totally lied about knowing what happened to it (even though every one knows i have a terrible habit of thinking i know whats best and tossing out stuff i dont see a used for) and she got a different doll, one of those stupid 'Bratz' dolls. God i hate them. Any how, i know this is a bit off topic, but i thought some people might enjoy it.

[@JosefHabdank]

Very interesting ideas, but a little bit unsettling

[@Heropsychodream]

This channel is great for inspiring deep thought... and it is easy enough so that everybody can join in!

[@WoWplayer527]

Anybody else see the anime suisei no gargantia? It deals with this topic, look it up

[@trolling4dummies930]

Cordless headphones please tell me they got them

[@MrSoxVictory]

I wanna be a caterpillar!

[@ericlonder725]

I can't wait to 3d print a human. That would be so cool!

[@SinerAthin]

Just remember to not 3d print a living human, or you could get into all kinds of ethical issues. A perfectly fine but not functional human body is fine though.

[@yumri4]

can we yes do we know what to put where in the genes most likely no or not yet anyways.

[@AaronDebski]

Could you do an episode on the "infatuation" "rosey shades" "honeymoon period" of when a relationship starts up. Why do we have it and why does it trikle off?

[@Heropsychodream]

Anthropologist here, I can explain. During the "honeymoon phase," humans overlook each others flaws and become deeply attached because evolutionarily it works out to... surprise! make more babies. Your second question is equally important. After 3-4 years, we tend to lose interest and want to seek other mates because evolutionarily it is advantageous to have offspring with different genetics. Why does it trickle away in 3-4 years? After that long of time, offspring are pretty much able to start finding food and adapting socially to the group. Basically, we stay together long enough to see to it that our offspring become self-sufficient and we move on to the next love-of-our-life.

[@AaronDebski]

Heropsychodream Thank you! that's a very sound and logical explination. unfortunately in my experience the infatuation period is lost in 3-4 months! lol. but thats another issue. thank you once again!

[@DrSeuss1901]

I just finished listening to a genetic engineering presentation in my school, when I found this video.

[@moutaz14]

Hi, If talk about Genetically Engineering humans at what stage you are looking at because i don't think parents will give there children away. Or is Genetically Engineering also for adult people??

[@obotjun5722]

Genetical engineering would take place at the earliest stage of life way before a baby is born.

[@avilinoalcantara1123]

Estambi el video

[@CeeDee6969]

just make me live for the next ∞ years

[@R0ck3tC0w]

And then get teleported to the other side of the universe via the sun collapsing into a blackhole and sucking you in.

[@another5898]

@@R0ck3tC0w 🤣🤣🤣 you are relly funny

[@Marcownz747]

Fully okay with genetic engineering of humans. If there were any way that I could offer myself as a test subject, I would 100%.

[@LeafyPeels]

What about introducing chloroplasts into humans? We'd have to eat less and breathe less, as photosynthesis produces sugar and oxygen. Always thought this would be a neat idea.

[@Tamizushi]

Wouldn't it be easier to just make the space vessel rotate on itself to simulate gravity?

[@VincentJNewman]

Ancient Aliens did an episode on Time Travel.... interesting stuff!

[@kennethultimate02]

In the past we relay on nature for our evolution but now we are using science to do that.

[@Criticcizm]

This sounds like some bioshock upgrades lol. That or some robot arms like in IRobot would be amazing. I wanna shoot fire out of my hand already! Cmon science!

[@DrunkVegan]

I'm hardly a Luddite but I had to shudder in involuntary horror at the possibilities behind the phrase "we'll have to see what the yeast will one day be programmed to do."

[@RuiFungYip]

Your thinking about weaponized yeast?

[@DrunkVegan]

Not yeast in particular, but custom-engineered organisms are a chilling thought. You think viruses are a problem on the Internet? Wait until someone can design their own virus or bacteria at home and 3-D print it. And of course there's always the "grey goo" scenario, but with bio-engineered organisms instead of nanotech. What if you accidently make a bacteria that outcompetes algae and plankton, and it spreads everywhere? There goes most of the oxygen, and a collapse of the food chain. The possibilities for unintended consequences are enormous.

[@Syrial]

Am I the only one thinking about Gattaca!

[@marllon9786]

Awesome.

[@ShadowTheAlligator]

So bioshock?

[@DyslexicGamer]

Or just indent artificial gravity and faster than light travel so everybody can enjoy space and we can all explore the universe

[@ADerpyReality]

Evolution can be quite slow or fast. Population helps a lot.

[@nickster1445]

Dear dnews I have a questions if are brains can hold so much information why is our life span so short to the point we can't even get close to filling it up and if we could live long enough what would happen when it filled up?

[@DrunkVegan]

Lazarus Long, that's what. Don't forget to make backups of the external HDs that hold your auxiliary memories..

[@michaellaosborn3662]

This is all super cool, I wonder though... if we were to "print" humans using 3d printers, wouldn't that be similar to cloning? and then wouldn't that raise similar ethical dilemmas as cloning. For example are those humans "real" humans or are they somehow lesser to other humans especially if we are using them to prepare planets for other humans to live on (which I assume is what they would be used for at least partially). Many science fiction books have explored these kinds of issues for example "The House of the Scorpion" and "Never Let Me Go" . I guess I just wonder if we could be trusted to treat future non-traditional humans fairly when we can barley even treat people groups that seem different to us now fairly (transgender folks, the LGBTQ community, people with different religious views, ect. for example)

[@SangoProductions213]

hell fuck yes! genetic engineering!

[@SupesMe]

Hmmm, I've heard people say that those little grey "Aliens" (if real) might actually be genetically altered Earth People from the future...altered for space/time travel.

[@TheGoodContent37]

GARGANTIAAAAAAAAA!!!

[@13ciaran13000]

Awesome!

[@doodelay]

Its never even crossed my mind even once to print a human. Sounds awesome but how in the shit would that work?

[@NormaGarcia-nz4ml]

this is a lie just plain rubbish first of all modifying the human gnome is not a new process micro biologists have been distorting Gods precious creation "humans" for the past 100 years combining the DNA from humans with everything from animals mammals, primates yes even food trees fish cows dogs goats frogs you name it they have messed with it why ? I will tell you to create the missing link which they need to prove evolution. but the truth is when they do make the claim that they have found the missing link it will be a farce created in a lab by scientists. you talk about God believers being ignorant saying we God believers are stupid to believe what they can not prove or even see "faith" yet evolution is being taught in our universities with out any visible fact or proof fact "missing link" is exactly that missing information. it takes more faith to believe in something that is based on missing information than it does to believe a Creator .that once you open your mind and heart too allowing him in will manifest himself immediately by communication and taking up root and dwell with you, Now back to the topic of modifying the human form to make it possible for humans to live in extreme conditions such as living on mars etc scientists "playing God" for the purpose of "distorting " I repeat destroying the perfect workings for our human form . . . modifying the human form ? be serious this is just plain dumb Humans were made in authority to rule the beasts of the land AND NOT to be mixed with them . Take a look around you !! this planet the universe we the people are a perfectly awesome creation all created in beauty and splendor Remember that God "our creator" creates beauty but scientist who do not believe in God are led by the spirit of anti god or anti Christ messing with the biospheres ( the natural Order) of this world is distorting Gods beauty but for the purpose of creating the missing link which they must do in order to pull off their evolution scam so they can fool people like you who do not have a relationship with the Creator. those who are like you that have not the spirit of the living God in them do not have the insight that believers have been given by God which comes through personal relation ship with the Creator I don't even know why I bother to explain things you are just plain stupid and do not have the tool which is needed to see the truth Good luck to you my friend I promise that you will live to regret yours stupidity on all of this. . .

[@atlasrn]

Disappointing that when printing E. coli we do not actually create new cells, only print existing cells like a normal printer uses ink. You guys aren't misleading, my mind just went "wtf?" and had to research it further. Interesting all the same.

[@TheLaughingHyenas]

It makes me nervous. I keep getting afraid that some genes will become "fashionable" - like tattoos are now hot to modify your body then some day certain genes will be the in thing. People will then become a monoculture with no genetic diversity in key parts. This could make us vulnerable to things like one disease wiping out everyone.

[@colinmeltesen]

nice one of the first few to see this :D

[@ixiahj]

Its probably a joke but he's right. I think we should genetically modify ourselves to be well suited on our own planet first. Pollution, radiation, etc. But more importantly, our life styles. Most of us don't go around hunting animals for food any more with spears. I have a 9 hour job sitting in front of a computer 5 days a week and its making me fat. What I'd give for genetically modified metabolism.

[@bmxfab23]

awesome

[@djschotzi]

This raises the question how do we prepare for endless population growth?

[@greatkjh]

Watch splice

[@DaBrainFarts]

so basically, make people kind of like Master Chief. Sweet.

[@leodaza2151]

Finally, I will be able to shoot lightning from my hands!

[@HitomiAyumu]

That would be epic.

[@pedram7sd]

I wish there was a version of DNews that wasn't for people with average knowledge and had scientific detail.

[@MarkRushow]

Or upload my consciousness to a machine, bionic, cybernetic, or genetically engineered body would be fine with me so long as I still have my mind I'm open to different bodies or modifications as long as it is worth while design. imagine having a sweet of sensors homed and tuned into your consciousness feeling the solar winds, seeing ultra violet and x-ray, listening to the symphony of the cosmos. Plug me in. I'm jealous of those future descendants that if we make that far will get to experience such things. Just put my mind in a living ship that can surf the cosmos. Imagine genetically engineering space whales that lives off solar radiation and consume space dust.

[@joshmiller9122]

I like her...I like her...can you please look into having her replace Laci....please.

[@JKVmanVideo]

I had this chilling picture of these two individuals replicated 1000s of time marching out of a printer on alien planet. Be afraid universe, be very afraid! LOL.

[@elmortal2323]

Cool

[@EliteJovenAgent]

Gotta love that Daft Punk reference

[@amatorif]

Every time I think of printing humans I always think about the blood just gushing out of us as its printing and our minds neural networks getting screwed up.

[@jordannarvaez617]

We cant survive on another planet until we can better survive on earth.

[@SinerAthin]

We survive on earth just fine. We've done better than any other specie so far. Though it'll be exciting to see mankind Terraform another planet. Maybe even start with Mars!

[@jordannarvaez617]

SinerAthin There are definitly species that survive much better than us. And I meant more along the lines of being more responsible with our technology and as a civilization in general.

[@djunior874]

Jordan Narvaez Then we'll never get off the planet, that kind of thinking is backwards thinking.

[@animotionification]

Humans survive just fine. Because of our massive brains we just survive in different ways in civilization instead of the jungle. Humans are one of the most adaptable creatures on this planet. Millions of years ago we came out of the jungle and began to build houses. If we had to go back into the jungle, we'd adapt. If we were to go to another planet, we'd adapt. Thats why when climbing mountains, we have to wait. Then our lungs and brains can adapt to the lack of oxygen and the cold. Thats why sherpas who live on mount everest can climb higher then a lot of humans, because they've adapted to living there. Instead of claws or wings or defensive scales, we have guns and planes and armor, which are even more effective. Animals don't usually attack humans, and we have no need for cockroach like evolutions. We are smart enough to make vaccines instead of having super immune systems, and even then we still have a decent immune system. Humans could live on alien planets.

[@SinerAthin]

Jordan Narvaez No other specie on the planet has had to make the same moral decisions as we do. We have gained immense power, no other specie has really ever wielded the same power as we do on earth ;)

[@GreatPirateSolomon42]

When you say its going to require advances in jet propulsion and genetics to send humans to other planets, did you mean exoplanets? Cause we could send a manned mission to Mars right now.

[@phyrath5]

I think I'd prefer mechanical alterations like those of the Star Wars character Qymaen jai Sheelal aka General Grievous (without the alterations made to his brain against his will). Grievous was shown to be resilient to the vacuum of space (& likely radiation as well), & mechanical limbs like Grievous' could likely be recalibrated so that he could move about efficiently on planets regardless of how low or great the gravity is. With biological adaptations an individual would likely only be able to adapt to one gravity & atmosphere type.

[@pyromaniac407]

Realistically Grievous' wouldnt have survived long with the living bits still exposed also since he has biological parts, gravity would still effect his body high enough gravity and his biological bits would get squished and he'd die. As with radiationg that would kill any exposed bits. If he was completely contained that would be a slightly different story I suppose but still the biological parts make it not so useful

[@pyromaniac407]

also the whole issue of life support

[@phyrath5]

WiredPyro I did my research on General Grievous before posting that comment, the only part of his body that is biological & exposed are his eyes witch wear augmented to make them vacuum resistant. High enough gravity & altering humans to live there in any way would be futile. I think in total Grievous' eyes, brain, lungs, heart, & spinal cord are organic while the rest of him is mechanical. The lungs & heart could use some assistance in high-gravity environments but if the gravity is enough to put excessive strain on his brain I doubt any Earthling-like life form could inhabit the planet. Also I do not know the specifications of Grievous' mechanical parts but I'm pretty sure since he was originally suppose to be an enforcer IGBC they'd have built his mechanical body out of radiation resistant materials (that we probably don't have), after they broke is organic body when he tried to quit.

[@pyromaniac407]

Yeah radiation resistant materials dont really exist unless his armour was about 4 feet deep all around. I feel like it would just be easier to be fully mechanical

[@pyromaniac407]

Because life support would be such a pain to develop

[@theevilmoneybag3533]

+Stalkerrob20 we already are

[@fabricio18lincoln]

I think as a species . Our future is amongst the stars . Its our respobsabilty as a sentient race to dwell in the far reaches of our universe . Maybe someday thru technology we will be like gods to other races of the univese , and hopefully we treat them kindly . Maybe we will turn out to be an aggressive race who knows . But surely we will either have modify our bodies . Most likely we will have to recreate ourselves as a new race to carry in our future amongst the stars ,that are adapted and designed for life on y most worlds and survive in the vacume if space as true space duelers . For the us we are domed to die in this world . Our future kin must not know death.

[@fabricio18lincoln]

(whether that future kin of ours is silicon based or carbon is up to the future last homo sapien humans to decide ....(artificial ai life forms or artificial carbon based life forms who knows. )

[@alamedvav]

You gotta sell this to the public before this will fly. The Govt is typically 50 years ahead of what the public sees.

[@Lord6Devilon]

Neila

[@djschotzi]

At what point do we stop engineering? Is the scariest answer to How and When we start engineering? Do we all become Immortal beings?

[@millionairejh]

its gonna be like that twilight zone outer limits episode where we learn to clone humans, so instead of sending people across planets, which would cost a ton of money to do, we just send the genetic info of the human, and clone them, and then kill the original.

[@SinerAthin]

Question is; would that just kill the original person, and leave a clone in his place? By using such a transportation, would we commit suicide? :o

[@millionairejh]

well in the episode, they killed the original, and the clone knew nothing about it. the clone thought it was the original that got teleported from the other planet. then there was this issue where the killing process failed, and the original lived but a clone was also made, so later on they had to tell the original what had happened, and they attempted to kill her

[@ABC1232622]

Such Yes Much WoW

[@eezapata2]

hi Dr Kiki.

[@TheDrKiki]

Hi Enrique!

[@eezapata2]

Hello, I miss your interviews with Dr. Kaku.

[@TheDrKiki]

I'll have to work on that! He has been busy... might be time to schedule something new.

[@zeppie_]

we first need Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operation Sytstems... and portal guns

[@ZaWyvern]

Really? I always assumed any travel beyond the moon would require enhanced humans. Probably a combo of bio-engineering, genetic engineering and full on cybernetic enhancements. We're entering a new phase of what it means to be human. Can you still call someone human if they are genetically engineered to be highly resistant to radiation, can regenerate, can switch from warm to cold-blooded and absorb chlorophyl from algae to produce energy like a plant, have an chitinous exoskeleton grown for them and have cybernetic eyes that can shift frequencies to see from low infrared all the way up to x-rays.

[@suli9135]

Did I hear WATCHING STAR TREK ON MARS.????!!?

[@TrishRowdy]

They need to make Super Saiyans! And mobians! Fun fun

[@PalaeoJoe]

Yeasts are eukaryotic.

[@holiday07]

Maybe thats what our alien ancestor just did before we inhabitted this planet. :P

[@maddhatter6551]

I'd modify myself to travel in space and visit moons and planets.

[@Metaknightmare217]

1:53 I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE.

[@KidGreeD14]

Lol