2007-03-12 04:07:16 · 6 answers · asked by jsjmlj 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Well, it's much easier to colonize the surface of a planet, say Mars, where you have some readily accessible resources that wont take too much energy to extract, versus creating a colony out of nothing in orbit (around the earth? The sun?) where you have NO resources (aside from solar energy) and everything must be brought up a gravity well. So we'll colonize the moon's poles first, 25 years and then Mars, 50 years from now.
2007-03-12 04:26:15 · answer #1 · answered by stargazergurl22 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Colonizing space without colonizing other planets would mostly be a waste of resources as we would then need to take everything from this planet and what would be the purpose or point of doing that?
2007-03-12 04:14:45 · answer #2 · answered by occluderx 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well we already have a space station in space right now. We are already living in space. I think it would be easier to build and live on a surface like earth, which in turn leads us to building a base on the moon. When we get this complete that will be one(or the best) thing mankind as ever acomplished. We will actually be living on another planet besides earth. That is awesome!!
2007-03-12 06:13:10 · answer #3 · answered by Lighting Bolt 7 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When it becomes cost effective to ship people off the planet in larger numbers.
2007-03-12 04:14:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Define "colonise"... there has been a manned space station in orbit for a number of years now
2007-03-12 04:10:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well lots and lots of time for that dude...
2007-03-12 04:24:14 · answer #6 · answered by cosmos 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋