is it possible to live on asteroids?

Question

i want to know that how it is possible.
what is temperature there.
how can we prepare oxygen there to breathe?
what is the shapes of the vehicles there used as transportation?
how can we make a city of about 5000 peoples living their and fullfilling their needs of cultivation.their transportation.
and i also want to know about the gravity on the asteroids.

Answer 1

Yes, theoretically possible. But far more difficult than living on a planet.

Temperature...very cold. Probably close to absolute zero, depending on how far it is from a star.

Oxygen...we've have to extract it from the rocks (most asteroids contain iron oxides).

Shape of the vehicles...probably something that adheres strongly to the surface of the asteroid because gravity will be an issue.

Gravity...since the asteroid doesn't weigh much (compared to a planetary body), gravity will be extremely low. This would be a huge challenge.

Answer 2

Asteroids are the large chunk of matter, Rockey or icy in nature, moving around the Sun between Mars & Jupitor and beyond Neptune in Kupier belt.Yes it is possible to live on large asteroids.However even the largest asteroid "Ceris" is too small to maintain its own atmosphere.As such man has to artificially create suitable closed envoirnment.
Temperature will be extreme i.e. very cold during night and very hot during day on the asteroids which are nerer to us and the asteroids which are in the Kupier belt, will be very very cold.
Oxygen is to be produced and regenerated from various oxides and water/ice present in tue asteriod.
Present day Rockets and vehicles are sufficient to carry people in small batches. Colonising and making cities for such a large number of people will be possible only in future.
Gravity depends on the mass of the body and as asteriods are very small, their gravitv wiil be very less as copared to Earth's gravity.
However colonising a nearby planet will be easier than the establishment on an asteroid.

Answer 3

The gravity would not be able to sustain oxygen. If it was the size of the moon it would be considered a dwarf planet and not an asteroid. At this point it is better to construct a space station that has artificial gravity to feel like home.

Answer 4

Impossible,because there is very little gravity and there is no oxygen there.The temperature of the near-Earth asteroid known as "433 Eros" appears to have a daytime temperature of about 100 degrees C (212 deg. F) and a nighttime temperature about
-150 deg. C (-238 deg. F).

Answer 5

Technically yes it might be possible to colonise asteroids.
Temperature is dependent on facing to the sun, but generally extremely cold.
Hydroponic banks could be used to generate oxygen from photosynthesis and also provide food.
Vehicles would either be similar tolunar landers or monorails for transport across (through?) the asteroid.
A landing facility could be aestablished on the surface and mines dug into the asteroid.
Hydroponics would dominate the surface.
Gravity would be negligable, running would be enough for escape velocity on most asteroids.

Answer 6

1. Yes
2. Like moon, hot cold both extreme.
3. Oxygen tanks.
4. Space Shuttle
5. No cultivation except food stock taken and seed type propergation with imported feed.
6. You will float on the journey there, while your there and on the way back, this will happen when asteroid living bores the hell out of you.

Answer 7

May be possible.

Temperature of almost all asteroid is below freezing point.

Considering the size, shape and stability of its orbit human being can choose a suitable stony or metalic asteroid for living by converting it like a space station introducing artificial conditions to survive.

Answer 8

Gravity is too low and every thing will float including your cigar. you cant run or jump to catch it for it is not possible to jump and yoo too will float.
Temperature -120'C or lesser.
Oxygen -Import from earth which costs billions for a month's span.
No atmosphere as no gravity to hold upon gases.
Never economical. Better not to experiment than to loose billions on space. We shall feed the poor instead.

Answer 9

living modules similar to the designs now in the works thru nasa for colonization of and resarch of the moon and mars, however the asteroid would have to have a stable trajectory and or orbit that would not allow it to collide with other asteroids, does that help

Answer 10

of course no dude. theres no oxygen over there. theres no one who lives there. and ya about the gravity, it depends on the content of the mass of the asteroid of course they do have some gravity (though negligible) in most of the cases