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2. With the advancement of robot technology, I highly doubt that large human colonies will be needed.

Sun May 26, 2013, 09:34 AM

May 2013

They will probably just have a small crew that will change out every six months.

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Deep Space Industries - Mining The Universe For The Future [View all] Katashi_itto May 2013 OP

A new life awaits you in the off-world colonies! htuttle May 2013 #1

Large human space-borne colonies would be next, an environment Katashi_itto May 2013 #6

and clostrophobic suzanner May 2013 #11

Hardly claustrophobic Katashi_itto May 2013 #12

Here!~ Katashi_itto May 2013 #3

I had the same movie flash back XD pam4water May 2013 #4

I was thinking more of Outland than Blade Runner jakeXT May 2013 #5

I just hope they won't trash this planet to do it... Amonester May 2013 #7

It is actually a very small footprint :) Katashi_itto May 2013 #8

OTOH, I doubt life up there, in any artificial world, is sustainable. Amonester May 2013 #9

All the major issues have been worked out. Katashi_itto May 2013 #14

I'm sure people said the same thing about the Wright Bros too, so your Katashi_itto May 2013 #15