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> Not to mention there scould be space enough oce serious space colonization gets going. Even with the current falling birthrates, you would not be able to mov
by Mediterraneo10 6y ago
> Not to mention there scould be space enough oce serious space colonization gets going.
Even with the current falling birthrates, you would not be able to move more people off the planet than are being born on it, even with space elevators. Space colonization is not a cure for overpopulation of Earth. One of the things Kim Stanley Robinson explored in his Mars trilogy.
- m4rtink 6y agoSpace fountains and launch loops can have a very high throughput if you can get them to work - then the main problem becomes building in space accommodation fast enough. For one fiction yet science based case of moving most of Earths population off planet during a short time window, see the following Orions Arm article: https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/49b46fd2198ed https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/49b46fd2198ed 5.5 bilion people over 20 years.