That's one of the things about space exploration that I think people miss:
If we can build self-sustaining habitats in space we can live anywhere.
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jonbob loves you, Thu 23 Sep 2021, 0:35,
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who can, jonbob?
how many people could you trust to keep a 'self-sustaining' habitat going, generation after generation?
how could critical rules, governing population and behaviour, possibly be enforced indefinitely?
pure romance, mate.
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You could say the same thing about cities.
How many people would you trust not to poison the water supply, not to steal copper cables or lead roofs? How can critical rules, governing population and behaviour, possibly be enforced indefinitely?
Pure cynicism, mate.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Thu 23 Sep 2021, 1:13,
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you couldn't say the same thing about cities
that's the point
and yes, i am cynical. i thought that was clear.
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Pretty sure I just did.
A space habitat the size of a city would only need to last as long as a city, say a few thousand years at the very most. Plenty of time to build several more space habitats, or to completely expand/rebuild the original several times.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Thu 23 Sep 2021, 2:58,
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ISS is falling apart after only 20 years. Those giant space cylinder things from the NASA artwork are likely to be a maintenance nightmare.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Thu 23 Sep 2021, 12:06,
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How long was it designed to last?
Isaac Arthur spoke recently about air leaks in O'Neil Cylinders. He said they're likely to leak constantly, which turns out to be absolutely fine, and even fairly large impact holes can be patched up with years/decades/centuries of air to spare (depending on scale, obviously). Hollywood gets this sort of thing very wrong.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Thu 23 Sep 2021, 20:47,
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