Recent content by JeffenatorXI

The question to me is more of Construction vs Assembly in orbit. I'm of a mixed opinion on construction in orbit. In the short term, the idea of construction in orbit is problematic. I own a small property out in the middle of nowhere. To me building a house on my property is much like...

I would agree with this statement completely. And I suspect that in the near future that will be the case. Right now we are still extremely limited on launch capacity and working with a 20 year old space station. One quasi example of this is already planned by SpaceX. In orbit refueling...

A dyson swarm is at least a feasible topic to theorize and discuss using our existing technology as a reference. It could use known physics to partially encapsulate a star to gather energy. A dyson sphere requires we first create magical anti gravity tech to keep the structure from...

Starship makes the ISS obsolete. One Starship will have an equivalent internal volume of the entire ISS space station. Plus It is is fairly easy to imagine creating a space station that creates spin gravity once Starship is operational. It's kind of like the Lunar gateway, why continue with...

Absolutely we should colonize other planets when we find one suitable for colonization. There's a lot of discussion surrounding the colonization of Mars. Mars is close, has an atmosphere, and is roughly the same size as Earth. However, it's a horrible candidate for colonization. Until...

I'm Jeff, fairly old and not used to participating in public forums. My friends think I permanently wear a tin-foil hat. My current hobby is trying to solve a question that I asked myself a while back. I believed SpaceX was going to be successful in building the Starship, so I asked myself...

I like Atlan's response but would like to add a bit. Your question is can it be done. I believe a self-sustaining colony/habitat could be constructed in the near future. However, my biggest question would be what kind of life would it be? Anyone in that kind of habitat would only be able to...