How will humanity colonize the solar system ? | Space DOCUMENTARY - Colonization of Space
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Published 2022-05-19
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💥 COLONIZING THE SOLAR SYSTEM:
- July 2011, last flight for the shuttle Atlantis. From now on, to get into the air, American astronauts will have to use the Soyuz shuttles of their historical enemy, Russia. This is difficult to swallow for all those who witnessed the first lunar steps of the late Neil Armstrong: "We no longer have stars in our eyes," laments Frank Bruni, a journalist at the New York Times. There is no grand mission today that can represent our reserve of confidence and embody our willing spirit as space exploration once did." Nasa's astronaut contingent has dropped from 150 in 2001 to less than 60 today...
At best, these astronauts can hope to spend six months on board the International Space Station (ISS), a scientific laboratory in orbit 400 km from our planet. Moreover, NASA no longer speaks of "conquest" but of space "exploration". This is a sign, among others, that the time has come for caution, after decades of presumptuous enthusiasm.
More seriously, the conquest of space has lost its glamour. At barely 50 years old, it already seems old-fashioned, at a time when faith in progress and in a radiant orbital future has been seriously eroded. Raised on the cult of "zero risk" and the precautionary principle, and fed on Angry Birds rather than futuristic pulps, Generation Y dreams of sprocket bikes more than interstellar cars.
However, a handful of young billionaires may well be re-launching humanity's most ambitious project. The leader of the gang is called Elon Musk. Founder of the PayPal system, this thirty-year-old nostalgic of the Apollo years founded the SpaceX company to design a reusable rocket that would allow to divide by ten the price of a launch into space. His goal is Mars, where he hopes to send the first humans by 2040.
In the meantime, Musk has already made his mark with the successful launch of the first private rocket, Falcon 9, to refuel the International Space Station. Before, the young wolf made Nasa engineers smile. Since then, the same people have been wearing T-shirts with the WWED logo, which stands for "What would Elon do?" ("What would Elon do in this situation?"). Sensitive to Barack Obama's desire to open space to private companies, other billionaires are following in Musk's footsteps...
Source : usbeketrica.com/fr/article/coloniser-espace-missio…
Sometime in The Future, the technology of space travel improved enough to allow moving personnel and materials off Earth on a large scale. At this point, humankind started Settling the Frontier in its own astronomical neighborhood. The most likely places for colonies to be established are on The Moon (which may be called Luna, for the same reason that Earth is often known as Planet Terra), Mars or both, though other planets, moons, dwarf planets and even asteroids within The Solar System are fair game for this trope.
In the not-so-far future, these colonies may consist of little more than mining operations or military outposts; in farther futures, these colonies may become part of galaxy-spanning empires centered on Earth. Making the environment more Earthlike, to the point where you don't need a spacesuit or pressurized dome to breathe, tends to require some amount of Terraforming, unless Zeerust-flavored Artistic License can be invoked. In the latter case, the colonization effort may run up against indigenous aliens.
Off-Earth colonies may serve as a refuge from populations dislocated from Earth That Used to Be Better. They will also likely be the first targets of an Alien Invasion. If the colonies have enough resources and political willpower to potentially become independent of Earth, The War of Earthly Aggression may result.
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🎬 On the agenda today:
- 00:00 - Introduction
- 00:30 - How to colonize the Moon
- 08:52 - How to colonize Mars
- 17:07 - How to colonize Venus
- 24:40 - How to colonize Mercury
- 32:29 - How to colonize Ceres
- 38:02 - How to colonize Jupiter
- 47:07 - How to colonize Saturn
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Intro music: • Cinematic Orchestra by Infraction [No...