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Rubenstein thinks the desire by many to expand human civilization into space is motivated by religion, a faith-based, 21st-century version of “manifest destiny.” For several reasons, many not clear or coherent, she thinks this is a bad thing.
Rubenstein’s main objection to humans mining the moon for resources or building colonies on Mars is she thinks other worlds have “rights,” much as human beings do. How inanimate matter can have rights is something that she does not coherently explain.
> Rubenstein thinks the desire by many to expand human civilization into space is motivated by religion, a faith-based, 21st-century version of “manifest destiny.” For several reasons, many not clear or coherent, she thinks this is a bad thing.
> Rubenstein’s main objection to humans mining the moon for resources or building colonies on Mars is she thinks other worlds have “rights,” much as human beings do. How inanimate matter can have rights is something that she does not coherently explain.
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