... prospecting for lunar mineral resources to construct the space colonies that physicist Gerard O’Neill first proposed in the...technical problems that prevented it docking with the International Space Station. The capsule used parachutes and airbags to ...
... extra room. So, if you want to photograph your hometown from space or participate in work that directly contributes to humanity's destiny in the stars, for example, by growing food fit for self-sustaining space colonies, then the future awaits you.
...-natalists and those convinced of the moral corruption of humanity. Quality-of-life ethics suggests that life in a space colony may deprive humanity of many basic rights, impose restrictions and even force radical biomedical modifications. Perhaps...
..., such as high altitude platforms systems, dark sky stations, robotic freighters, and even the deployment of private space stations and space colonies in orbit or on celestial bodies. Many of these activities involve totally new types of commercial...