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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 Vertical city - effects on climate?

Picture, in a near future, that we build cities vertically rather than horizontally. Need a new city block? Add another few floors. Disregard for the moment any physical construction problems this ...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Thomas Myron‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Thomas Myron‭

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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 70 leagues under the lunar maria

The internal structure of the Moon is different from that of the Earth. There are neither volcanos nor many moonquakes. Using early 21st century technology, could we dig a vertical mine shaft all t...

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

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Q&A Death from old age stopped, with expansion to new worlds to handle population growth

One of the biggest 'immortality sucks' issues has always been the question of what to do with the new people being born. Without death, a world's limited resources can't keep up with a never endin...

4 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by dsollen‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by dsollen‭

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Q&A Destructibility of robots made from the strongest materials on the planet

Looking at all the movies that involve robots made from materials available from planet earth (think Pacific Rim, Iron Man etc. but not Transformers), what is the theoretical limit of the capabilit...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Michael Lai‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Michael Lai‭

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Q&A What do you suppose the environmental impact assessments should be in near future?

Inevitably, we will be colonizing and impacting other planetary bodies, whether for establishing life or drilling/mining. Today, you can expect on Earth there will be environmental requirements fo...

4 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Mikey‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Mikey‭