10-11-2018, 09:14 PM
(10-10-2018, 06:37 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(10-09-2018, 11:18 AM)David Horn Wrote: Space colonization? Not soon and not in any substantial number when it starts in earnest.
Definitely. To date we have not solved the radiation thus cancer problem. Until we do, gathering enough assets to be self sustaining is the least of problems. We are unable to go beyond Earths protective magnetic fields save relatively short expeditions.
Ozone layer. The vessel would need a layer of ozone between the areas for living or working and the outer shell of the satellite. A big problem: ozone is dangerously toxic and reactive.
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