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In the long term I'm thinking that planets are the wrong approach. If you're going to get a significant fraction of the human race living off Earth you'll need
by hvdfhbj 6y ago
In the long term I'm thinking that planets are the wrong approach. If you're going to get a significant fraction of the human race living off Earth you'll need to build something nicer than Earth, and Mars doesn't cut it.
Giant ring-shaped space stations like the orbitals in the Culture series seem like the way to go. You can build enough of them for a population of trillions simply by disassembling the moon, and build them with climate, gravity and aesthetics that are pleasing to humans.
Mars is probably a necessary first step, but it's small fry.
- Tepix 6y agoGetting the cost of transport into space down by several orders of magnitude with full reuseability is the achievement.
- mandeepj 6y ago> If you're going to get a significant fraction of the human race living off Earth you'll need to build something nicer than Earth that's what Blue Origin is working-on but their timeline is unsure to me :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7Uyfqi_TE8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7Uyfqi_TE8
- nine_k 6y agoBeing outside of control of any government on Earth would be a strong enough magnet for some. Remember how people on Mayflower were not going for more daily comfort.