... the infrastructure needed to sustain human life there. These are necessary and important first steps toward space settlement, but we must also consider how living on planets with dramatically different environments will affect generations of humans...
... foundations for our rapidly developing human cultural space development, and the vast opportunities for expanding...thrive as we establish new and unique civilizations in our space settlements and explorations. The Expedition 68 crew aboard the ISS ...
...Earth orbiting constellations fit this description, as they were started by people who intend to participate or support human space settlement. There is, however, little if any straight line between them and the technologies or systems one would need...
... of building interplanetary fuel depots and large, radiation-protected, artificial gravity orbital stations near colonised planets. Space settlements on the Moon, Mars, Ceres, Titan and other celestial bodies can be protected from hypogravity, as the...
... be better established. This should enable even bolder visions for both space resource mining and space manufacturing capability, which should in turn make space settlement both desirable and practical. Concept image of Orbital ATK’s cislunar habitat...
... the big question: why? Why pursue the A in STEAM? Why pursue the uncountable opportunities in our future of space settlement before they exist, and why encourage students to consider careers that aren’t quite here yet? As the...