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Correct, and these colonies were Terran. Consider complexity of space habitats. No breathable air. No accessible potable water. No...

My pessimism is mostly grounded in resources and economics, at both ends - Earth and 'colony' - but don't dismiss other concerns like...

That was in reference to the difference between bases and colonies - not so clear with a quote of previous quote. I think the Earth...

Whereas I think they are vastly different - the difference between using the pre-existing resources and industrial capabilities of a...

The Moonshot was an anomaly, driven by Cold War testosterone.

The problem is that no one knows how fast technology in a certain area will develop. Extrapolating from the past is not possible...

I suspect biased sample selection that is not representative. There is no shortage of talented people who have good pitch and the...

The requirements for certification for safety (or other quality) standards don't require every item to be tested. I'm not familiar with...

Is this another one of these threads wherein everything was better when I was young and impressionable?

Interesting but I am not surprised that there would be mutation/selection, ie adaptation, however it isn't clear to me what conditions...

Regulated and enforced safety standards seem necessary, ie the cheap counterfeits should be detected and rejected. De-funding regulatory...

While we are waiting for the nuclear industry to find its feet we should keep adding wind, solar and batteries and see how far that can...

I think it is as simple as the explanation found unsatisfactory in the first para of the initial post - Put the fan in a duct and the...

I think I'd get murderized if I try to get it moved to sci-fi... :-p

'We would weigh around 20lbs' But would it be? As a novelty, for a short time maybe. Longer term probably increasingly uncomfortable -...