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

From: Habitat for Druids (anarcjhyu_at_anarchcal.com)
Date: 03/07/05 

Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 23:54:47 -0600

Only in Ames and Iowa City!

Sam Wormley wrote:

> 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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