Exit Strategy

Why we should leave Earth and some ideas people have for getting started.
Presented at YxYY 2014.

Transcript

1. Vanessa Naylon (@vnaylon) Exit Strategy
2. #Yes, I’m Vanessa • Thanks for coming to Yesyes.js! • I made the name tag tattoos
3. VC money
4. If you take VC, you need an exit strategy
5. But…
6. We have to get off the planet.
7. 5 billion years from now
8. Within 100,000 years
9. Within 100,000 years
10. Within 500,000 years
11. Within 800 million years
12. Within 1 billion years
13. (Or whatever we are in 5 billion years) Requirements for life
14. Requirements for life • Air and water! • Agriculture! • Mining and manufacturing
15. Rockets
16. Asteroid mining
17. Mars colony
18. HMU on Twitter: @vnaylon • I want to help us build an exit strategy! • Send me links, let’s be friends! • Bonus reading: Google “The Great Filter”
19. Alternate ending