Without space technology we would not understand the predicament our ecosystem is in.
climate.nasa.gov/
Turning to space to fix the ecosystem means turning to space based observation of this planet's atmosphere compared to others, and acting on that knowledge.
It also means employing more technology to alleviate the effects of anthropomorphic climate change (sun shields, mirrors, moving polluting industry off-world, etc.).
You're not going to convince a species to stop reproducing, certainly not humans, and if you think of yourself as a cancer then I feel sorry for you.
(, Wed 13 Jul 2022, 14:29, Reply)
The biggest obstacle is human behaviour. Developing those fancy technologies you mentioned will take too long and might lead to risk compensation. In any case, existing nature-based solutions are cheaper and less likely to have unexpected consequences.
Well, generation Alpha or Beta might produce an antinatalist Greta so there's still hope.
(, Wed 13 Jul 2022, 21:15, Reply)
or to put it less controversially, evidence collected from weather and climate monitoring satellites confirms and falsifies purely ground/ocean based data, and reveals information that would otherwise go unrecorded. Evidence recorded from other planets in our solar system teaches us about our planet.
We have learned a great deal about our climate from space based observation, and we will continue to do so.
It's all very well saying a lentil weaving alternative would be better, but in the meantime we urgently need to avert the catastrophe we've been creating for the past couple of centuries. Vegan drum circles and yogic flying will not work.
(, Wed 13 Jul 2022, 22:14, Reply)
There is a vast amount we don't know about how the natural world works. Why not fix that as well as exploring tech solutions which may cost so much as to be only useful for very small percentage of people.
Don't mix up superstitious or romantic free range yoghurt weaving with actual biology/chemistry/medicine etc.
The societies that gave rise to the amazing data collection also caused the problems.
(, Thu 14 Jul 2022, 2:21, Reply)