Colonizing other planets.

What technology and equipment would it take to realistically colonize other planets? (the moon counts) How many years until we can do it?

Let's assume the whole world was united in the quest for colonization outside earth.

Well considering that humans couldn't survive on any other planet due to the weather conditions. I don't think we could colonize them.

Well considering that humans couldn't survive on any other planet due to the weather conditions. I don't think we could colonize them.

nickz_fpk

Well considering that humans couldn't survive on any other planet due to the weather conditions. I don't think we could colonize them.

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Well considering that humans couldn't survive on any other planet due to the weather conditions. I don't think we could colonize them.

BranKetra

Well considering that humans couldn't survive on any other planet due to the weather conditions. I don't think we could colonize them.

nickz_fpk

Just because we can't survive in the atmosphere doesn't mean we can't colonize it. Just like we have rocket ships that have oxygen, we would have air tight structures on the moon or any other planet.

One problem we would have on colonizing the moon is low gravity. It has a effect on people's bone mass over a long period of time. We wouldn't encounter this problem on Mars because it has more gravity. With our current tech we could make it to Mars in 6 months which is when the Earth and Mars are side by side which happens every 2 years.

I'm posting from Uranus right now.

one of those old big fridges that are large enough to sleep in, that's about all you'd need.

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Well considering that humans couldn't survive on any other planet due to the weather conditions. I don't think we could colonize them.

KeitekeTokage

In a couple hundred years the 90s show Red Planet should be possible... minus the monsters...

What are we colonizing with? If we're talking nanomanufactured bacteria colonies, colonizing foreign planets and satellites wouldn't be that insurmountable and is probably within the scope of north american technology developments as we speak. (:

If we somehow could jump into a slip space that can travel us like a portal ( mass effect, halo?) how would we keep in touch or even get back ? I doubt we'd be able to communicate and build up resources and a way of life on another planet. Doesn't seem possible. How would we carry all the materials and such.

If you were to throw a person from 1911 into 2011 they'd have a heart attack when they saw how differently we lived. Imagine trying to explain howa touch screen phone works to somebody from 1911.

Itd be the same if we were suddenly thrust 100 years into the future. We have no idea how itll happen but I think its pretty safe to assume one day we'll be on other planets. How we go about it though is anyone's guess.

I don't see it happening. We were able to grow from bacteria here because of the water and other essentials. No other planet that's close has that. If firing a rocket into space gets easy then I could see a small population on the moon. Really wealthy ones. Nothing more.LustForSoul

in 50-60 years, maybe.

How about a Biosphere? An enclosed area with life support and able to grow food and make water and such.

hope it comes before 2012

haha