Why I thought we'd all be living in space by now

Re:Why I thought we'd all be living in space by now by vaksel on Saturday January 10, 2009 @06:02PM (#428493)

the problem is that there is nothing to do in space. If there was some mining of asteroids or lets say trade with aliens...then sure space colonies would make sense.

All we need is some gold rush for unobtanium, and there'll be 100,000 in space in 5 years

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Re:Why I thought we'd all be living in space by now by gaius on Sunday January 11, 2009 @01:02PM (#429348)

You mean like the tritium that's just lying there on the surface of the moon? As soon as we have working fusion reactors on Earth that'll make the Saudi oilfields look like pocket change.

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Re:Why I thought we'd all be living in space by now by gravitycop on Sunday January 11, 2009 @05:35PM (#429737)

It is Helium-3 that is on the moon. Tritium is Hydrogen-3 (and has a half-life of only 12.3 years, so it is unlikely that there is any on the moon).

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Re:Why I thought we'd all be living in space by now by gaius on Sunday January 11, 2009 @05:52PM (#429764)

You're completely right, my mistake.

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Re:Why I thought we'd all be living in space by now by gravitycop on Saturday January 10, 2009 @06:16PM (#428513)

Is there anything to do in Hawaii?

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Re:Why I thought we'd all be living in space by now by vaksel on Saturday January 10, 2009 @06:30PM (#428529)

You can vacation there for cheap...which is a resource + there were indigenous people there from the start.

Space tourism could be an answer...but it needs to be a good bang for your buck. Right now you spend millions just to go up for a little time.

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