If they're trying for a geocentric orbit around Mars they're going to have problems. I suspect an areocentric orbit is the goal.

Here's a serious question. What is the point of launching a few people off into deep space if the Earth has been destroyed? It won't help the people left behind., and the Universe will get along just fine without humans.

As far as he knows, his program is secure.

Electric cars would work if you have a short commute and a garage where you can charge overnight/every night. But they won't work if the commute is too long or you don't have a convenient place to charge or you commute using public transportation. Plus you will need a second car or use rentals for pretty much anything besides the daily commute. That really limits the market.

Someone didn't do their job.

But it really isn't a surprise those responsible are now in CYA and finger pointing mode.

But they didn't outright buy your company. They got an exclusive license on the product by promising to sell enough copies to make you rich. Then they released their own knockoff of the product (on which they didn't pay you any royalties) and you went out of business. Embrace - extend - extinguish.

That was the politically correct but baseless agenda pushed by some people. All real research over the years has shown that protecting their turf is an innate behavior, same as many other animals.

That happened once during Christmas. But most of the time they fired machine guns at each other.

That's one possibility. Another is that raiding parties captured and raped their women. That worked pretty well for Genghis Khan.

Why populate those areas? If you don't want population control you will need to warehouse people as efficiently as possible.

Manufacturing can be done in highly concentrated locations (China is showing us how). Agriculture doesn't require very many people anymore, same with mining and forestry. Cities are the only way to deal with hoards of people.

Plus you're still just kicking the can down the road a few decades. Eleven billion? What happens when that doubles in another few decades, then doubles again? It can't go on forever.

Your own personal definition of beer is that it can only contain those ingredients. Other people have other definitions. Hops are a relatively recent addition to the recipe

If they have to word the claim to actually claim something innovative instead of just a way of implementing a solution to a requirement that anyone can come up with they're in trouble.