Re: Which planets and moons will be inhabited by humans in 100 years ???

From: Sam Wormley (swormley1_at_mchsi.com)
Date: 03/07/05 

Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 04:28:03 GMT

cloud dreamer wrote:
> Paul Eisner wrote:
>
>> Do you think there will be human cities on Mars, Venus, Jupiter,
>> Saturn, Callisto, Io, Ganymede, Europa, Titan, Oberon, Titania,
>> Triton, Sycorax and Thebe in 100 years ???
>
>
> Nope.
>
> In forty years we've not taken any substantial steps toward attaining
> those goals. To expect to come anywhere close to manned settlement in a
> little more than twice that time is unrealistic (without 'outside' help).
>
> In a hundred years we'll be lucky to have a settlement on the moon, and
> at the most, temporary/rotating (scientific) settlements on Mars. And
> most of this will be accomplished by private industry. We'll see the
> moon and the asteroids being mined long before we see "human cities" on
> the moons of Saturn. And we may not see any of that for centuries.
>
> And you'll never see human cities on Jupiter or Saturn. Those planets
> are largely liquid and the gravity would be crushing.
>
> ..
>

   Gas giant planets are largely liquid?

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