tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591067151103789843.post6291638358602157469..comments2023-12-21T11:15:11.821-08:00Comments on Strait of Magellan: To Mars, by Conestoga WagonCaptain Robert Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500768952960978516noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591067151103789843.post-77492811008224019002010-11-28T15:29:26.503-08:002010-11-28T15:29:26.503-08:00The extraterrestrial environments we are most like...The extraterrestrial environments we are most likely to end up attempting to colonize this century are very, very harsh. Far more harsh than the very most extreme environments on the earth's surface. We will either adapt as a species to these new environments, or we will fail to colonize them. <br /><br />For example, if we were to colonize the oceans below Europa's ice, we may benefit from additional fat and fur as other mammals which have adapted to icy waters have; if Europa's oceans turn out to have sufficient dissolved oxygen, gills might also be beneficial. <br />Mars is very cold and its atmosphere very thin. Our current bodies cannot tolerate exposure to it, but they may be engineered to that environment as well. <br /><br />For brief periods of exploration, we can rely on pressurized environmental suits such as were used in the Apollo missions. But for people living out their lives on an alien world, we will need simpler, more robust and biological solutions. <br /><br />Much more on this later..Captain Robert Reederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14500768952960978516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591067151103789843.post-65071640556303345682010-11-28T05:18:16.862-08:002010-11-28T05:18:16.862-08:00Should that be 'genetic markers'? Whateve...Should that be 'genetic markers'? Whatever!!<br />Good Watch.D. Peter Boucher, Kt. SMOM, Dip. LA., MM (Ret.)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13548730100057506930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591067151103789843.post-47024941856464772102010-11-27T09:49:46.126-08:002010-11-27T09:49:46.126-08:00Reading your Posts has got me thinking about all t...Reading your Posts has got me thinking about all this rather long distance travel. However the fact that our descendants "because they live in another world" will be different from us. But people here have looked the same for thousands of years. How will the generic markers change because they live in another world. Another point one can just imagine the religions going ballistic over the non-return policy volunteers or no volunteers. Somehow do not envision this happening for this century - but who knows?<br />Good Watch.D. Peter Boucher, Kt. SMOM, Dip. LA., MM (Ret.)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13548730100057506930noreply@blogger.com