I was just listening to a new (for me) podiobook which is about this young man who has to leave his planet because he doesn't have a job. He gets a job on a space freighter as a mess boy. At some point they have a fire drill, and everyone does their duty and the drill is a success. The boy asks what all the fuss is about (it is just a drill) and the answer is, that he should "consider it a down-payment on saving his life in the future". The fact is that their survival depends completely on the survival of their space ship, and they have to treat it accordingly and be prepared.
This made me think on how we treat our planet, which is our space ship. If it breaks we will be left on a lump of rock and nobody is going to come and save us. Why can't we see...
