I appreciate that both of them are at a loss. Normally you have the boke and tsukkomi personalities at the punchline, but this time both of them are like, "... well, shit..."
Ha, yes, Terraforming. Or, how our planet is so fucked up that we've made it a common topic of entertainment the idea that we would make another to live on.
It did give us a few cool games, though, so I don't mind.
Ha, yes, Terraforming. Or, how our planet is so fucked up that we've made it a common topic of entertainment the idea that we would make another to live on.
"Terraforming to replace Earth" is an idea that pops up (Firefly; maybe Aria) but there's tons of SF where Earth is fine but terraforming is simply part of expanding into The Space Frontier; building orbital habitats may be in addition or an alternative (for authors who think terraforming is too unrealistic.)