IF earth was going to be destroyed...

[AA Institute 1]

Surely we could get there (maybe only in small numbers) with today's technology.

True and there have been many blueprints going back to at least the 1990s. Here's one I find highly useful!

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/mars/mars_crew.html

It all comes back down to the basics of "costs" and "he who dares..."

[Leonardo 10,412]

What do you think about nanomachinery, though, Leonardo?

Not currently an option, and who knows when it might become one?

Also, despite what we see in science fiction, I do not foresee nanomachines as a 'cure-all' for various physical ailments and conditions, such as calcium-leaching from bone. The machines would be extremely simple - a necessary adjunct of their miniscularity - and complex 'programming' would be extremely unlikely.

[DONTEATUS 3,552]

We will need to be able to go so far past our solar system to get a new chance It boggles the mind. But If we Look at just becoming star travelers ,in the vastness of space then just maybe we could pull that off ! Just Remember to Take Lots of TANG !

[King Fluffs 338]

I'd stay behind and be one of those archetypal bandits that are in every apocalyptic film nowadays.

(I've even got the suit)