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As you rightly say, the part where humans travel to another planet—the simplest part to calculate, dependent on the laws of physics...

So it is, one just has to scroll down a bit, then a bit more.

As they say, the only sure thing in life is death and taxes.:smile:

Cameflage would guard against the Cylons mistaking you for a copy of the Battlestar Galactica. And confuse them to no end, as you are...

The Drake equation is in the wiki reference in Post, as part of the writeup explaining what the Fermi Paradox.

Here is a ‘real’ example of plans for a generation ship to Proxima B - 58x6 km and several billion tons. It would take 400 years for the...

Biomes are rarely discussed for generational ships, at least I have not seen much. Organically its all about what crops to grow. Who...

This is correct. Not only does it just happen, but is to some extent required for human health and proper development. Guts of mice...

Humans are bacterial colonies - everywhere we go they will follow

That is considered directed panspermia. The original question of abiogenesis still remains. The assembly clean rooms for spacecraft...

No one with any sense takes Musk seriously in this regard. Not only will no one finance his plans (because there is explicitly no ROI)...

I gave no idea what the minimum size of humans would be necessary to have a viable self sufficient community on Mars, so yeah, I don't...

Cost overruns may get it cancelled in the end.

No. And not hand wavy on human nature. Look at all the casinos that people go to to win big time, knowing its a scam. Once some...

I so feel the same way. But the Mars colony is being proposed and discussed as if it ( the engineering ) is a done deal by the...