that's billions of people. only a little more than 500 people have been to low earth orbit and only 24 people have broken earths orbit and gone to the moon. that's it. the moon is so small, you can't even see it in the photo. now imagine an asteroid heading for that pale blue dot. would that give a reason for the billions of people to work together? only time will tell. the earth has gone through mass extinction level events before, but for the first time there is a life form that can prevent its own extinction. they just have to learn to swallow their pride first and reach 