Colonising Planets

[RankoYS]

Do you think humanity will ever create colonies on the other planets (not just couple of trained astronauts but a civilian population in a city or something similar) and depending on your opinion why not / where and when do you think they're likely to be created first?... also will the frontier of colonising be in our own solar system on Mars for example or on some exoplanet

[ridery99]

Do you think humanity will ever create colonies on the other planets (not just couple of trained astronauts but a civilian population in a city or something similar) and depending on your opinion why not / where and when do you think they're likely to be created first?... also will the frontier of colonising be in our own solar system on Mars for example or on some exoplanet

No it won't. Civilization will face major wars and problems during this century and space programs will get halted eventually. People don't want to fund something they don't even believe anymore (flat earth). There will be more entertainment and people are already seeking mainly pleasures, especially in the west, they don't want to achieve anything anymore.

[joebrook]

Do you think humanity will ever create colonies on the other planets (not just couple of trained astronauts but a civilian population in a city or something similar) and depending on your opinion why not / where and when do you think they're likely to be created first?... also will the frontier of colonising be in our own solar system on Mars for example or on some exoplanet

In order to colonize other planets, we need to first get there, And seeing as we haven't invented any spaceship that can make the trip very effectively, the fastest spaceship according to my research will take 39 days that's the closest but on the average, its going to take 162 days that' about 6 months to travel from earth to move. we need to develop spaceships that can travel faster before we think about colonizing other planets.

[allthingsluxury]

As long as we continue to advance and as long as we continue to innovate, then yes, we will undoubtedly do just this. It is the natural progression of mankind to "get offworld". Already we are beginning mining operations on the moon, that they project will turn a profit. This is the first step.

[Gyro]

No I do not think this is possible.

Other planets are not going to have the same atmosphere as ours. Chances are we're not going to be able to breath on these planets. Also there is the problem with all these new microscopic nasties that will inevitably invade our bodies and cause problems.

Living on mars inside domes isn't what I call colonizing, that's just visiting..

[Vod]

Other planets are not going to have the same atmosphere as ours. Chances are we're not going to be able to breath on these planets.

Mathematical nonsense. 

There are hundreds of billions of stars in this galaxy alone, with hundreds of billions of galaxies.

Each star has multiple planets.

Eventually, we will find some that support our life.

[Selmor]

I guess it is possible and it will happen.

Nevertheless, we will not witness it any more.

Probabbly SpaceX is a good start http://www.spacex.com/

[Flodner]

I'm sure they will do, but we probably won't see it
Elon Musk and many other great guys are thinking about it and working on it

[Sithara007]

Other planets are not going to have the same atmosphere as ours. Chances are we're not going to be able to breath on these planets.

Mathematical nonsense. 

There are hundreds of billions of stars in this galaxy alone, with hundreds of billions of galaxies.

Each star has multiple planets.

Eventually, we will find some that support our life.

OK.. I agree with you. But if that planet is 10,000 light years away, could you please enlighten me on how to travel to these planets? If you use a normal mode of transport, then it may take trillions of years.

[Vod]

OK.. I agree with you. But if that planet is 10,000 light years away, could you please enlighten me on how to travel to these planets? If you use a normal mode of transport, then it may take trillions of years.

Sleeper ships!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1355644/

[Foxpup]

Mathematical nonsense. 

There are hundreds of billions of stars in this galaxy alone, with hundreds of billions of galaxies.

Each star has multiple planets.

Eventually, we will find some that support our life.

Chemical nonsense. 

You won't find an oxygen atmosphere on a planet by chance; oxygen is far too reactive to exist naturally in a free state. You know why water's the most common compound in the universe? Because hydrogen is the most common element, so whenever there's oxygen around - BOOM! Oxygen also reacts with carbon to form carbon oxides, silicon to form rock, and metals to form rust: all of which can be found in varying levels of abundance on other planets, but no free oxygen.

The only reason Earth has oxygen in its atmosphere is because algae and plants are constantly producing it as a waste product, and the only way another planet can have oxygen is if it already has life like ours, which may be inconvenient for colonists.

[sibisi666]

We need to solve propulsion system, to get better speeds, our technology is not developed yet as it should be. In couple of years, we will be ready Also i think, that's wrong to colonize the Mars, there is no such good living conditions there. It would be much better to spend few years more, and find out some better planet - earth like, and then to take off

[Thyaga]

Do you think humanity will ever create colonies on the other planets (not just couple of trained astronauts but a civilian population in a city or something similar) and depending on your opinion why not / where and when do you think they're likely to be created first?... also will the frontier of colonising be in our own solar system on Mars for example or on some exoplanet

I think humans will create a combined space soldier composed of people all over the world, (when technology is sophisticated) when the food on earth has begun little or Earth's endangered they will be attacking another planet to seize its natural resources.

[Xester]

Do you think humanity will ever create colonies on the other planets (not just couple of trained astronauts but a civilian population in a city or something similar) and depending on your opinion why not / where and when do you think they're likely to be created first?... also will the frontier of colonising be in our own solar system on Mars for example or on some exoplanet

I think humans will create a combined space soldier composed of people all over the world, (when technology is sophisticated) when the food on earth has begun little or Earth's endangered they will be attacking another planet to seize its natural resources.

Colonizing planet is not impossible to happen in the reality because of the technologies that are being invented and that will produce in the future. I think Colonizing planet is the only solution to the overpopulation that is happening now and if the planet earth will destruct in the future. We should be ready because maybe in the future many disease will be relevant and the only solution to not having it is transferring to other planet.

[immortal7000]

Only a few people on this planet have asked the questions of the colonization of other planets, we need the support of the whole world. And mankind only knows how to kill each other and ignite new wars.

[Flodner]

The whole world will support this, after it becomes more real, and after population grown to enormous numbers (they are already large as for me)

[BADecker]

Other planets?!!  People are talking about reducing populations here! We need greater populations to think up and build the machines that it takes to go to the stars. And, the earth can hold a far greater population. See my post at https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2035052.msg21323214#msg21323214.

Let's increase the populations so that we can make it to other planets.

[Vod]

People are talking about reducing populations here! We need greater populations to think up and build the machines that it takes to go to the stars

That's not true - again..   

We don't need more people - we have too many as it is.

We need smarter people.  Ones that don't believe in fairy tales.     

[spazzdla]

Yes or we all die here.  Why because the earth will be destroyed by the sun.   I am hoping religion all falls apart and humans embrace science....  it is a long shot..

[Vod]

Yes or we all die here.  Why because the earth will be destroyed by the sun.   I am hoping religion all falls apart and humans embrace science....  it is a long shot..

Intelligent people need to stand up (which we are starting to do) and call BULLSHIT whenever some fool brings up the idea of religion.  The only reason religion propagates is because ignorant parent passes it on to gullible naive child.

The internet is helping - any fool can now look online and see proof that the murder of millions of people by a great flood never happened.