HUMANITIES EXPANSION INTO SPACE
- Where are we going?
Asteroids,
- Defense of the planet, N.E.O.
- What are we doing now on Near Earth Objects? Don Quijote
- mining for resources
- Jupiter, Mars, earth, relay shuttle.
Mars 1/3 gravity
- Innerplanetary outpost
- Resources
- Ecological research.
- Extraterrestrial archeology
Luna 1/6th gravity
- Resources, industry
- low gravity well outpost.
Asteroid belt:
THIS IS THE GOLD RUSH THAT WILL DRIVE THE EXPANSION.
- To build habitat for humanity in a free space colony
- (HEAVEN) A SKYHOOK FOR OUR DREAMS TO TIE TOO.
- WHAT KIND OF A SOCIETY DO YOU WANT TO LIVE IN?
- Major resources
- Cometary Ice.
The moons of Jupiter
The Galaxy
The local Cluster of Galaxies.
- Why are we going?
- To relieve the resource pressure on Earth and prevent war.
- By expanding into space we gain more resources,
- learn to value our ecosystems and protect what we have.
- If we can live on Mars, we can live in Antartica or the Gobi desert.
- Technological spinoffs increase the quality of life here.
- Who's going?
- A city = A city = A city
- New York, Luna City, Helium, Heaven (Freespace colony with 1 gravity)
- The people will go where the work and adventure are.
- Who won't go--- The meek shall inherit the Earth.
- How do we get there?
- We can use rockets for a while,
- but its like oared gallies for the Phoenicians
- ok for the Mediterranian but not for the Atlantic
- Thistledown drive, interreaction with solar magnetic fields
The Solar system is a sea of radiation and magnetic fields.
- We need to learn how to interreact with it, Push, Pull, and adsorb.
- How do we survive when we get there?
- This is where we really get into details.
- Whats in it for Humanity?
- A purpose, a future
- Whats in it for Me?
- I couldn't be with my children
- so I figured I'd spend my time giving them a future.
- Its something to do thats worth while.
- Problems & solutions
- Luna, 1/6 gravity, and Mars 1/3 gravity---
- The gravity difference makes a problem for long term colonization.
- The FREESPACE COLONY is another situation
- We can make it a comfortable 1 gravity with tether technology.
- The THISTLEDOWN DRIVE is also at 1 gravity continious acceleration.
- instead of the long freefall coast of rocket transportation.
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