Hey now, stop confusing people with the facts.
Seriously though, physical resistance and the sheer amount of unutilized energy that should be retained are never factored in these evaluations.
If civilization’s advancement is being purposely retarded for the sake of a minority’s sheer greed then that has to fixed.
Then we have the Billionaire Club saying we’d be better off killing a few hundred million of us for the sake of their comparative few ‘more worthy’ who’ve shown their value to mankind for what? Being smart and lucky gambling with stocks at fortuitous points of time?
I know who I want to be the first people shot to Mars. Before economical radiation shielding is perfected.
>> I know who I want to be the first people shot to Mars.
I would settle for shooting them “towards” Mars. ;-)