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[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Eh, natural resources are far easier to extract from asteroids and moons than to haul out the gravity well of the biggest rocky planet in the area. And they wouldn't have to mess with the nasty apes for any of them.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The only interesting thing on earth is life itself, as well as intelligent life and its culture. Literally everything else can be found everywhere else

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Resource extraction includes farming.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Why would they farm on alien soil? That sounds like a terrible idea. Just make space bases dedicated for farming

No, they'd just use earth for scientific reasons, exploring and cataloguing our life. And perhaps maybe for artistic/cultural reasons, enrichment basically