Eventually, it's all about economics. We haven't build cities on the sea floor either, or even in Antarctica, a place with plenty of good air and (frozen) drinking water. It's possible technically (much more so than space settlements). It just makes no sense.
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Fifty years ago this month, an issue of National Geographic introduced many people to the concept of space settlements. What it predicted for the faraway future of 2026 and why those visions fell short: www.thespacereview.com/article/5241/1
Fifty years ago this month, an issue of National Geographic introduced many people to the concept of space settlements. Dwayne Day examines what it predicted for the faraway future of 2026 and why…