do you think one day in the near future as in maybe 30 years we will inhabbit space. and have space colonies?

Question

will we be traveling to other planets to live there? i think it would be pretty interesting to see this, but would like to know other peoples opinions. thanks

Answer 1

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hmmm this is an interesting article
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/generalscience/star_voyage_020319-1.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtH-SxqdtaA
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yup. I think its inevitable.

if our technology keeps growing and we understand more and more about quantum physics, then it will be a sure thing.

Our major problem is earth. Its not expected to last forever.

who knows what will happen but we've seen that we could suffer from severe weather changes, atmosphere break down, the center could cool and we'd lose our magnetic field, we could have another viral plaque.... on and on and on.

If IT dies WE die. If we want to survive we'll have to get off this planet and spread..... .you know, don't put all your eggs in one basket.

First we've got a LOT to learn about
designing large habitable ships
designing the RIGHT kinds of fuel
how to surviving in space for generations at a time,
OR learn how to teleport to other star systems through quantum tunneling or something similar that quantum physics can offer us.

interesting enough if we understand the quantum world, there is a chance we might be able to control much more such as time and in other crazy ways we can manipulate existence.
its quite a bright field if you ask me and its one that we've hardly even begun to understand.

we also need to have a place to go. we should know that ahead of time. we're looking already and have found a few planets that might be able to support life. I'm sure we'll find more and probably quite a few thousand in the next 50 years

I'd say in 200 years with the right map, we'll be able to build larger enough ships with the correct technology to transgress interstellar travel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_travel

Answer 2

Consider that the Jamestown Colony in the USA is considered to have been the first European colony. Its population was quite small, and saw one or two ships a year, not more than five at the onset.
We have put a colony into orbit around the Earth, and a colony on the moon of twenty people will be a significant expansion of Earthlings (animals, bacteria, and viruses included)

Answer 3

NASA plans on having a permanent Moon base by 2024. This is not a colony in the sense of a sustainable permanent settlement, just a continuously manned science station. The first trip to Mars is not expected before 2030, but it will probably be many years before a permanent presence on Mars is attempted.

Answer 4

i do not think we will be that far advanced may the next 60 to 100yrs we may have small collonies and a little bit of travel for a few people look we have to stop killing each other first war cost a lot and so does space travel and do it cheep would be suicide do not forget that earth is 384400km from the moon thats our nearest planet you are may be 6ft

Answer 5

Yes! but not as soon as 30 years. Progress has a way of being held up or slowed down by financial costs.

Answer 6

30 years is still too soon, too early for space colonies... space outposts maybe but not colonies. But, I definitely think space tourism will flourish.

Answer 7

"We have the technology"... biodome's failures notwithstanding.

what we don't have is the motivation. in the USA, its a complicated dance to get $ from the gov't for NASA, usually years and years in advance. A Moon-base would be some serious cash, and my experience with the pursestrings of gov't leads me to believe... no Moon-base.

Now, if we could build a missle-base on the Moon...