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Q&A Would Europa be a logical choice for commercial and industrial ice mining?

As we all know, hydrogen and by extension water, gaseous, liquid or frozen, is pretty much everywhere in our solar system besides maybe Mercury. The most abundant source may be the Asteroid Belt, w...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Z.Schroeder‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Z.Schroeder‭

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Q&A Economic reasons to put people on Mars?

I am working a hard science fiction story and I cannot come up with a really good reason to put people on Mars. I need people on Mars for the story to work, but there is no reason for them to be th...

23 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by GreenFox‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by GreenFox‭

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Q&A Order of Solar System Colonization (alternate version)

Noting that this question is specific to human colonization, and Thucydides's answer is explicit that driving concerns are to support life, and I notice that the story I'm working on turns this on...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by JDługosz‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by JDługosz‭

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Q&A Building materials on Europa

What would colonists building a base on Europa use for building materials? I am interested in habitats in three locations: on or just under the surface bolted onto the underside of the ice sheet...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Innovine‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Innovine‭

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Q&A Order of Solar System Colonization

As human population continues to grow and need for raw resources grow, various nations and private organizations begin colonization efforts of our Solar System beyond the blue and green sphere we c...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Ranger‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Ranger‭

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Q&A What would be the likely cultural development of colonies after long periods of isolation from the motherland ?

2035 a human population on Mars of 500 (mostly workers i.e.: miners, biologists, medical staff, engineers, etc. Most of the colony is underground with above grou lead bunkers. They have an establis...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Micheal_Mars_Bound‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Micheal_Mars_Bound‭

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Q&A Livestock vs frozen food for interplanetary travel to Saturn's moon

Set in the year 2216 C.E. Imagine a spacecraft with a crew of twenty is leaving for Enceladus, moon of Saturn which is estimated 1.272 billions km away in a matter of months using the next generat...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by user6760‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by user6760‭

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Q&A Which direction would be the best to send a Colony ship off towards?

Which direction is the best way to go if you were to have to leave Sol and travel 500 ly away to find habitable planets to set up long term colonies? Core-ward? Rim-ward? Towards the core through ...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Durakken‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Durakken‭

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Q&A FTL telescope-satellites

In this world, as soon as humans invent FTL, they launch "telescope-satellites" (I don't know what to call them) out in several directions. They travel at 10c, can communicate instantly with Earth,...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Durakken‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Durakken‭

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Q&A Feasibility of a gene bomb?

Let's say you're an alien and you want to make sure your species outlives your planet or whatever disaster you currently face, whether it be natural or engineered. You load up a bunch of self-repli...

5 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Z.Schroeder‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Z.Schroeder‭

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Q&A What would be the ideal composition of a newly founded society?

Imagine the following situation: There is a global catastrophe that will destroy the earth and there is a habitable planet in reach for spaceships. But it is technically possible to bring only 50,0...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Kiki‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Kiki‭

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Q&A How to ensure repayment of investment from space colonies in an information economy?

Imagine a world in which earth has started to colonize other worlds slowly, though the expense to send ships to other worlds is extremely high, and without FTL drive it takes some times to create a...

4 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by dsollen‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by dsollen‭

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Q&A What would an interstellar economy bound by relativity look like?

The type of economy where your mining operation takes years just to start yielding marketable product, let alone generate revenue, because the speed of light makes the economic feasibility of inter...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Z.Schroeder‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Z.Schroeder‭

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Q&A What society might survive the 3 generation rule

A not widely accepted psycho-social phenomenon but one our descendents might sometime face, the Three Generation Rule states: that the degree of social discipline needed for a space habitat to ...

17 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Jim2B‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Jim2B‭

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Q&A What might cause an exoplanet to be uninhabitable for periods, that is not obvious to potential colonizers?

I am writing a science fiction short story, which is loosely about terraforming. The drama takes place on a terraforming site, which has been halted, in its early phases, due to the discovery that ...

11 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by SusannahDean‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by SusannahDean‭

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Q&A How to put up road signage for wormholes?

Set in year 2615 A.D. humans have colonized nearby star systems, we can travel between different star systems using artificial wormholes. A spaceship leaving Solar system for Alpha Centauri have to...

5 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by user6760‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by user6760‭

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Q&A Does Earth have enough fuel to become a solar empire?

If humanity decided right now that they wanted to become a space empire and colonize the entire solar system would they be able to do it? One of the biggest problems with theoretically colonizing M...

11 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Uncle Tres‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Uncle Tres‭

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Q&A And I think it's gonna be a long long time... (relativity question)

So I've got a bunch of freeze-dried colonists traveling in torpor to a solar system 55 light years away at 92% c. From an outsider's perspective it takes them sixty years to get there, but how long...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Z.Schroeder‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Z.Schroeder‭

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Q&A How to standardize and communicate one's age across interstellar colonies?

The concept of "age" on Earth is based on the number of revolutions the planet has completed since one's birth. In a setting where interstellar colonies exists, of even in a setting where multiple ...

7 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by InfectedPacket‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by InfectedPacket‭

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Rigorous Science Identifying viable settlement locations from orbit

This question discusses what you'd look at from space, but mostly focuses on how you could identify the weather. This question discusses what resources a colony would need, but doesn't discuss ho...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Jon Takagi‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Jon Takagi‭

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Q&A Halfday planetary scan: what do you get?

Due to an unforeseen malfunction your intergalactic spaceship suddenly drops out of hyperspace and comes to a near full stop. The ship is damaged, and will need to be evacuated soon...very soon. Y...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by EveryBitHelps‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by EveryBitHelps‭

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Q&A How can I design spacesuits for Anthills?

The idea of a collective consciousness (or anthill) species is pretty simple; instead of cells tissues and organs you have ant-like creatures, all making up a larger creature. This is different fro...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Uncle Tres‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Uncle Tres‭

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Q&A How many colonists could fit on a 2km long multi-generational colony ship?

I'm planning on sending a colony ship on an extended, multi-generational voyage to a distant star. My colony ship is an oblate spheroid, 2km long on its long axis and 1km across on its shortest axi...

6 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by ckersch‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by ckersch‭

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Q&A Is the following mission profile appropriate for a manned mission?

My idea was to use 2 stages for an interstellar spacecraft (particularly the Orion Drive) and use it in a way similar to Project: Daedalus. Phase 1 would involve accelerating to cruising speed foll...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Future Historian‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Future Historian‭

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Q&A Shake 'n bake colonies

So here's my rough idea for how you could basically send one large ship with a crew of a few thousand (at least ten thousand, maybe forty) to establish a colony on an Earth-like world: First step ...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Z.Schroeder‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Z.Schroeder‭

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Q&A Are there any issues with using water as radiation shielding on a Martian colony?

Let's say that after decades of development there are now cities on Mars. Most of their facilities are located underground in order to protect them from radiation and small meteorites, as well as p...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by D-Nate‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by D-Nate‭

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Q&A How can I make an alphabet for a fictional dialect of a real language?

The following post is copy-pasted from a similar question on Reddit: Apparently, I already started work on the story and it turns out, that I have Ganymede speaking a fictional Russian dialect ca...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Future Historian‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Future Historian‭

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Q&A What makes a spacefaring civilization, a spacefaring civilization?

Aka: What I am asking is: what are the basic elements a society capable of space travel needs? What key factors determine a species'capacity to become spacefaring and what cultural and societal asp...

6 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Future Historian‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Future Historian‭

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Rigorous Science 73 Gigatonnes of TNT upon collision could cause how many casualties?

So, after going through a some rough calculations, I figured my earlier question ran into a few problems regarding the final velocity of the asteroid. I pulled the mathematics a bit incorrect, so I...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Future Historian‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Future Historian‭

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Q&A Do we actually have the technology for a permanent Moon outpost?

Do we have the technology to go to the Moon now, and stay this time? I'm not talking about the political will or economic rationale for doing so, I just want to know if there are any unsolved (and...

11 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Serban Tanasa‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Serban Tanasa‭

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Q&A How to implement a Solar System sports body/federation?

Assume there is a point in time when every planet in our Solar System consists of colonies. Each colony is inhabited with civilians that primarily serve the purpose of its colony. Some colonies m...

4 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

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Rigorous Science If a colonial uprising occurred (and succeeded to some extent), what would the implications be on extraplanetary policy?

So, I ran into a problem regarding the aftermath of a colonial war for independence. What happens is the following: The scenario is this: late 24th Century, humans have colonised the Inner Solar Sy...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Future Historian‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Future Historian‭

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Rigorous Science Is this an appropriate manned interstellar mission profile?

My idea was to use 2 stages for an interstellar spacecraft (particularly the Orion Drive) and use it in a way similar to Project: Daedalus. Phase 1 would involve accelerating to cruising speed foll...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Future Historian‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Future Historian‭

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Q&A How can the human race survive the destruction of the inner solar system?

One day in the year 1980 humans receive a message from an alien race. It reads a little something like this: Hey guys, real sorry, but a weapon we launched in an excercise malfunctioned and is ...

6 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Aurast‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Aurast‭

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Q&A What are mapping or diagramming techniques that would be valuable to someone mapping a planetary system?

Basically, it's a question about creating maps or diagrams. In particular, we on Earth are used to maps showing variation over distance & location. The problem with space that is everything is...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by Jim2B‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Jim2B‭

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Q&A What are the minimum set of physical characteristics to define an Earth like planet?

Introduction I have a vague notion of building some sort of strategic space game. Similar to other strategic games, locations are assigned value based upon some abstract evaluation. Following in...

6 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Jim2B‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Jim2B‭

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Q&A How would evolution shape humans for life in zero-G?

If I take ten thousand healthy adult humans, strap them into a colony ship, and fire them off on a three-million year journey to a distant star, what will the creatures climbing out of the colony s...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by ckersch‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by ckersch‭

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Q&A Would generation ships encourage a caste system?

The Setting Imagine a generation ship of 10-20 generations (200-400 year trip). The generation ship is divided into living crew and frozen eggs. Upon reaching the destination & for genetic d...

5 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Jim2B‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Jim2B‭

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Q&A How might a colony treat the arrival of a new generation ship?

Assumptions Space travel is hard. Interstellar travel takes a long time. Chances for a successful trip and colony becoming self-sustaining are not considered super high. Therefore, each colony ...

5 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Jim2B‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Jim2B‭

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Q&A How would today's nations respond to a nationless organization setting a colony on the moon?

The year is 2020, and an organization known as Helios successfully settles a colony of 200 people on the moon. The colony is self sustaining and is mainly a research center, with most of its resid...

4 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by DohnJoe‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by DohnJoe‭

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Q&A What's a realistic (pessimist) timeframe for colonization of the inner Solar System?

The human race is spread through the inner Solar System. Technological and scientific progression is thriving, but we still haven't developed FTL travel, research has its focus on developing a dev...

5 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by SOL‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by SOL‭

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Q&A Will my worlds not be salty enough to support animal life?

I read on the cooking.stackexchange site that all natural salt on Earth was created by seas and oceans, starting with primordial oceans four billion years ago. This got me thinking about my fiction...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Dronz‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Dronz‭

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Q&A Can non-intelligent life naturally evolve the ability to space travel and to live in interplanetary space?

Can non-intelligent life forms evolve to leave their home planet and travel in interplanetary space, for instance, grow on atmosphereless icy moons and transfere spores over interplanetary space?

7 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Anixx‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Anixx‭

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Q&A How deep should our colony be on the Moon/Mars?

I am a staunch believer that any near-future permanent colony on the Moon or Mars should be built underground, at least the living spaces, due to the harmful effects of radiation. What is the grad...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Mikey‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Mikey‭

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Q&A How long does it take for disease to evolve from healthy isolated colony?

Lets say you have a small group of space colonists. They were screened for sickness, viral and bacterial, as thoroughly as we knew how before being sent off to the colony and all were found health...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by dsollen‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by dsollen‭

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Q&A Political and social rammifcations of govenor killing most citizens to save the remaining few (second draft)

Follow up to this question: How would earth goverments respond to killing of most of a colony to keep the rest alive long enough for rescue but with a different approach. The same scenario occurs....

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by dsollen‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by dsollen‭

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Q&A How would humans adapt their language in response to moving through time at different rates relative each other?

Okay, so humans are finally transitioning to a space-colonial society. We sent ships out, colonize worlds, etc... We aren't really in the business of sending multigenerational ships. Instead we use...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by PyRulez‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by PyRulez‭

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Q&A How can I get soil for my Martians?

We've created a series of mechanisms to terraform the temperature and atmosphere to be Earthlike. My geologists are screaming at me, because a lot of features are being rapidly eroded by the new h...

4 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Mikey‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Mikey‭

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Q&A Can humans be trained to live in extremely low pressure?

Let's say that I want to colonize a planet which is basically like mars but has got an atmosphere which still has extremely low pressure but consists mainly of oxygen. The temperatures are more or ...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by MedwedianPresident2‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by MedwedianPresident2‭

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Rigorous Science How can future Mars colonists combat intelligence loss?

Earth is more massive than Mars, so people on Martian soil would definitely suffer some health issues due to weaker gravity. Blood circulation is badly affected as heart muscles starts to deteriora...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by user6760‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by user6760‭