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Re:NASA not ready for dangers of deep space, auditors say by jessriedel on Monday November 23, 2015 @04:59PM (#10617631)
Unfortunately, the thing holding us back from space colonization is not transport, but the technology to make colonies self-sustaining (or at least net economically profitable, even if tied to Earth by an umbilical cord of re-supply). Space transport is a much simpler problem, and investing in it will not much help space colonization.
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Re:NASA not ready for dangers of deep space, auditors say by aggie on Tuesday November 24, 2015 @06:00PM (#10624206)
Transportation is exactly the technology needed to make colonies economically feasible. And as you say, an 'umbilical cord' will surely be necessary for the first colonies -- this is also a problem of transportation.
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