Golfer345 OP t1_it16mw8 wrote on October 20, 2022 at 4:37 AM

Reply to comment by moniconda in Assuming we had the technology, would any of you all be willing to go and live permanently on a habitable exoplanet or a terraformed planet? by Golfer345

How do you think you’ll cope leaving family and friends? Would we miss Earth landscapes and urban living? I wonder what kind of effect being on a distant sparsely populated planet would have on human psychology, and especially knowing that going back to Earth may be difficult or impossible

moniconda t1_it1qt2u wrote on October 20, 2022 at 9:07 AM

It’s definitely not for everyone. Kind of like the explorers of history, we would have to assume it was a one-way trip and say goodbye to our loved ones. I also assume there would be some rudimentary way to communicate, even if there was a delay.

My few loved ones would understand. But it would be really tough.