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The new age of Space-colonialism

Humanity never stopped the itch of expantion
 
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Seeing modern reality the way that it is, it's impossible for someone to not bring up the possibility of space-colonialism. People such as Elon musk desire to establish settlements on other planets such as mars.

I believe that the first time a permanent human presence on another planet that doesn't end in failure will start a new era of other world powers realizing that they indeed can expand influence off of the rock that we have lived on for millennia.

Wealthy nations such as the United States or China would surely be some of the first to this project, and maybe even the European Union will unite to make their own joint colony on another planet

One of the inspirations of this would inevitably be, if we don't learn the harm of our ways, the exploitation of the natural resources of these planets. Humanity will desire to leave the planet that it has partially destroyed and will then hypocritically do the same to others without thought.

If things go well, however, we will understand that we would be essentially doing the same horrid things we have done in our past, and maybe we would treat the moon like the treat Antarctica. A space that is only allowed to be used for scientific examination, with scattered human bases around the planet. An even better option would be to heal our planet and make the moon just as life-filled and green and blue as our planet is, and eventually animals that we brought there will evolve due to different gravity and such, which will create even more animals to study and learn about. I find this idea beautiful to think about

gonaldgoose, Dec 04 2021

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       Welcome to the half-bakery, [gonaldgoose], but where is the invention in this post?
pertinax, Dec 04 2021
  

       not everything I see on this site is an invention so I thought it would be justifiable for me to also not specifically post about an invention
gonaldgoose, Dec 04 2021
  

       //not everything I see on this site is an invention//   

       That's probably true, [gonaldgoose], but every thread here is *supposed* to have an invention as its starting point, even if we do often wander off that point in the annotations.
pertinax, Dec 05 2021
  

       Welcome, [gonaldgoose}. Looking forward to you posting your first idea soon hopefully!
pocmloc, Dec 05 2021
  

       What [a1] said.
Voice, Dec 05 2021
  

       //not everything I see on this site is an invention so I thought it would be justifiable for me to also not specifically post about an invention// - why? You could at least propose something unique about your new planetary colonies.....Lunar League Golfing?
xenzag, Dec 05 2021
  

       A lost generation of space exploration. Pretty sad.
Voice, Dec 05 2021
  

       A lost generation of space golfers. Not sad at all!
:D
DrBob, Dec 05 2021
  

       Without an atmosphere or water with which to transmit necessary chemistry in and out of an organisim, creating life capable of surviving on the moon sounds... difficult.
RayfordSteele, Dec 07 2021
  

       Gonald, here's a little hack if you feel like chatting about something. It's okay to advocate for stuff, just do it after posting a plausible (or interesting) new idea to faciliate whatever it is you're advocating for.   

       This might be, I don't know, "Golf Ball Adjusted For Mars Gravity And Atmosphere". Explain how this golf ball would allow Mars colonists to play golf without the ball flying 1,000 yards requiring a 20 miles of hiking to play 9 holes, then you're free to speak your mind about the benefits of colonizing Mars as long as it centers around that Mars gravity / atmosphere adjusted golf ball.   

       But don't let anybody know I told you that.
doctorremulac3, Dec 08 2021
  

       //maybe even the European Union will unite to make their own joint colony on another planet//   

       Nah, never going to happen, the French will argue about their fishing rights too much for any agreement to be reached, they'll still argue about it even if there aren't any there, single minded chaps the French when they get a bee in their bonnet, and it's not always the bees'.   

       //not everything I see on this site is an invention //   

       Perhaps, but we expect you to follow the sites time honoured tradition of at least dressing up any non idea ideas unconvincingly enough to be able to claim implausible deniability about the lack of an actual idea whenever you get the urge to post a non-idea idea, then boldly deny any lack when called on the issue, it's lot more fun that way, but, mostly what [doc] said, some (though not all of course) of the non-ideas here are actually very cleverly disguised ideas, paraded as non-ideas for humorous effect, & to draw fire that can then be shot down.
Skewed, Dec 12 2021
  

       //Without an atmosphere or water // creating life capable of surviving on the moon sounds... difficult.//   

       So, something almost entirely self contained is called for, the ultimate desert stone plant perhaps, with a little habitat inside for the bugs that pollinate it, so bits of it like a fig as well then, a bit of hybridisation may be called for, but bigger of course, so we can be the bugs.
Skewed, Dec 12 2021
  
      
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