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I think there's high value in understanding and experiencing zero gravity in a relatively low-risk mission. Forget Mars. I'd love to live in space. Having peop
by inetknght 1y ago
I think there's high value in understanding and experiencing zero gravity in a relatively low-risk mission.
Forget Mars. I'd love to live in space. Having people in space would solve a lot of Earthly problems (and yes create a whole bunch of new ones). But it'd be cool.
Is there a problem with things being cool even if perhaps low-valued by other measures of value?
- aeve890 1y ago>Having people in space would solve a lot of Earthly problems Which ones?
- majkinetor 1y agoresources, experimentation with deadly technologies, etc.
- tough 1y agoLike literal unlimited space?
- lkbm 1y agoGlobal population growth is still measured in the tens of millions. We're a ways off from launching anywhere near a meaningful number of people into space in terms of current terrestrial population.
- creaturemachine 1y agos/Having/Ejecting
- BurningFrog 1y agoEscape proof prisons.
- rocmcd 1y agoHow is living in space meaningfully different from living in a submersible in the ocean (apart from the view)? You would think we would get really good at the latter before going after the former, and yet I see no interest from people wanting to live in a (shallowly submersed) submarine. It would also be an order of magnitude less expensive and dangerous.
- margalabargala 1y agoGravity or lack thereof is a big one.
- rocmcd 1y agoHave you seen what happens to people who live in zero gravity for long periods of time? It doesn't sound fun. I do get the appeal of wanting to experience it for a short period of time, though. I would also say that scuba diving is probably the closest you can get to experiencing anything close to zero gravity on Earth.
- philwelch 1y agoAny space colony intended for long term habitation would create artificial gravity through centrifugal force. It's completely doable using materials sourced from the Moon and near-Earth asteroids; there are design studies dating back over fifty years.
- margalabargala 1y agoSure, living in zero G for a long period of time is not good for you. You asked how space was different from a submersible. I gave you one difference, you expanded on that to a second.
- ryandrake 1y agoHeck, we can barely build permanent settlements in many places on Earth like Antarctica and deep inside many deserts. And, here we have 1G gravity, 1bar breathable air pressure, a magnetic field and shielding from radiation. We don't have any of that outside of Earth. If we can't build, say, a 10K-person inhabited city on the south pole, how can we even imagine we can build it on the moon or Mars?