章 24: SOME PRIORITIES TO CONSIDER IN SPACE COLONIZATION
SOME PRIORITIES TO CONSIDER IN SPACE COLONIZATION
Pushing back the time-scale necessary to colonize space.
Doing this will require:
The development of a reasonable economic scheme.
Advancements in technology.
Advancements in Science.
Advancements in the field of Education/Academics.
A multi-disciplinary approach which connects experts of various fields allowing them to share information with one another on a large scale.
The above point increases the potential of making more accurate predictions and decisions.
Connecting experts with the general public and translating their data into forms that can be understood and interacted with by the general public. Forms such as simulation based videogames making full use of current technologies such as virtual reality and simulations.
REASONABLE ECONOMIC SCHEME
A reasonable economic scheme will be one that allows the Space Industry to be self-sustaining. Thus this scheme does not drain funds from other sectors of the economy. Mining in space for instance sets the basis for such a scheme. This will generate the funds necessary to sustain the Space Colonization Program. Scale as well as consistency will play a very vital role. In terms of scale, generated resources measured against time. In terms of consistency, the scale of generated resources against a consistent time frame such as how much resource is generated per minute perhaps.
ADVANCEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY
Advancements in Technology play a huge role in determining the time-scale of colonization efforts. The current technological limits also define the length of time it will take to colonize space. To shorten the time scale, advancements will need to be made in the field of Technology. Robotics is an important field here for the following reasons.
DEVELOPMENT OF UNMANNED VEHICLES FOR MINING PURPOSES
First, there is the need for unmanned automated vehicles that will go out to space and set up the conditions necessary for Space Colonization. One type of unmanned vehicle should be for the purpose of mining asteroids, moons or planets to generate needed revenue needed to make the Space Colonization Program a self-sustaining one.
DEVELOPMENT OF UNMANNED VEHICLES FOR CONSTRUCTION PURPOSES
Next, we will need unmanned vehicles for construction purposes to set up the facilities needed for terraforming moons or planets. They will also be used to construct Space Colonies and habitations in currently inhospitable environments. If the two conditions are satisfied, we can immediately begin terraforming moons or planets after the development of such technologies without the need to immediately send a manned mission into Space. This should push back the time scale for colonization quite a bit.
ADVANCEMENTS IN SCIENCE
This involves advancements in all fields of Science relevant to Space Colonization including but not limited to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Ecology etc. The focus should be on expanding the capabilities of current technologies that benefit Space Colonization and terraforming efforts.
ADVANCEMENTS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION
Involves integrating all Science and Technology relevant to Space Colonization and terraforming efforts into the Educational Curriculum in ways that not only benefit the program through the ingenuity of a younger generation by fuelling new discoveries but also in ways that are fun and engaging for the general population.
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH
The focus here is to connect experts in various fields, if not all fields through an extensive system of communication, shared data and information exchange. The more people there are working to solve a particular problem, the greater the likelihood there is of making more accurate predictions and projections as well as discoveries thus further pushing back the current limitations of the scale imposed by current technological limits. More hands on deck increases the likelihood of refining current technologies and inventing new ones. The key here is to translate vital data based on practical technology that factors in all the current limitations into customized forms experts of various fields as well as the general public can understand and interact with in ways that are fun, engaging and beneficial. In translation of these factors, there should be customized adaptations for experts of each field as well as various age groups. This will allow the general population to contribute as well to the program further pushing back the current time-scale limit.
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