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Originally Posted by mauigal10
1) Is it possible for us to create a moon base colonization in the future , or is it just the realm of futurists, dreamers, and optimistic scientists?
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No Dream. Very likely. Strange such a bold vision coming from Ex-Prez Bush. However,
his bold vision of 2004 that eventually launched the current Constellation Program, to be his best great thing he did (even if his Only great thing
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Originally Posted by mauigal10
2) A subject of great debate is whether we should colonize another planet or moon.
If you think we should, which celestial body would you choose to target for potential colonization and why?
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I would think all of them. Though the order is going to be a case of conservation of energy (Saving not the physical law).
Thus the Constellation program picked the Moon first over Mars (because it's close).
Second good reason the Moon is an excellent source of Aluminum. So mining on the Moon. Next would likely be Mars. The travel time of 11 months with a 2 year delay before return will force us to take some time (10 years) before we attempt going there.
Next will be the asteroids (all of them). I would focus on the ones rich in Nickel and Iron. Expected assets of each to be minimum of $50 Billion ($50,000,000,000). These
could make easily an enterprising multi-trillionare to the one who creates the infrastructure to go there and come back with the goods.
Next I would go for the Trojan Asteroids (those asteroids at the L4, L5 point between Jupiter
and the Sun) and moons of Jupiter and later Saturn. To get humans beyond Mars though
will take something better than chemical rockets. Enter Ion propulsion. This has to get
to be economical (which currently is not).
It is very likely that the 21st Century will be a similar repeat of the 16th though this time
the only natives will be the ones we put there. No indigenous peoples to greet us.
So ideally by the close of the 21st Century we will have made it out to the Kuiper belt beyond Pluto. I am hopin'
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Originally Posted by mauigal10
I think our Moon or Mars should be our first terrestial choice.
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Already answered above.
maddog
