Re: Colonizing space?

Hans-Georg Michna

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Mar 15, 2009, 9:59:11 AM3/15/09

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On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:46:16 -0700 (PDT), namekuseijin wrote:

>Insane is doing nothing while the next big meteorite heads for Earth,
>Warhol or BradGuth style. It's most certainly not happening in the
>next few years, but if we survive a few more millenia, no doubt it's a
>certain threat. Besides obvious population growth issues.
>
>If we are to survive, as a species[1], we must conquer space and
>spread throughout the universe. ISS and the moon are just the start.
>Of course, Venus and Mars are likely targets as well as a few other
>large moons out there. Except Europa[2], sure. ;)

I think that is correct. As long as humanity exists only on one
planet, any local catastrophe can wipe us out entirely.

Venus is a bit on the hot side. Mars is a much better bet.

Another alternative is large artificial colonies in space.

I'm not sure though whether biological humans can do this.
Perhaps only the next generation can do it, those beings that
will come after us, after human or artificial intelligence is
applied to accelerate evolution.

Hans-Georg
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SID

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Mar 15, 2009, 10:42:59 AM3/15/09

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On Mar 15, 9:59 am, Hans-Georg Michna <hans-

Antarctica is much easier to colonize than the moon. For that matter
if the human race is in jeopardy, why not colonize Africa?

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Mar 15, 2009, 12:23:08 PM3/15/09

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To say nothing of the low population density
in much of South America. How about Australia's
vast underpopulated regions?

Hans-Georg Michna

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Mar 15, 2009, 5:41:05 PM3/15/09

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On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 07:42:59 -0700 (PDT), SID wrote:

>On Mar 15, 9:59 am, Hans-Georg Michna <hans-
>georgNoEmailPle...@michna.com> wrote:

>> On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:46:16 -0700 (PDT), namekuseijin wrote:

>> >Insane is doing nothing while the next big meteorite heads for Earth,
>> >Warhol or BradGuth style. It's most certainly not happening in the
>> >next few years, but if we survive a few more millenia, no doubt it's a
>> >certain threat. Besides obvious population growth issues.
>> >
>> >If we are to survive, as a species[1], we must conquer space and
>> >spread throughout the universe. ISS and the moon are just the start.
>> >Of course, Venus and Mars are likely targets as well as a few other
>> >large moons out there. Except Europa[2], sure. ;)

>> I think that is correct. As long as humanity exists only on one
>> planet, any local catastrophe can wipe us out entirely.

>Antarctica is much easier to colonize than the moon. For that matter

>if the human race is in jeopardy, why not colonize Africa?

Read before you write.

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Mar 15, 2009, 6:05:01 PM3/15/09

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Not everyone agrees with you. They're not
necessarily stupid because they disagree.

Hans-Georg Michna

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Mar 17, 2009, 6:02:19 PM3/17/09

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>Hans-Georg Michna wrote:

>> Read before you write.

>Not everyone agrees with you. They're not

>necessarily stupid because they disagree.

No, but some people demonstrate that they are stupid by losing
track of the previous paragraph.