What is space colonization?
Q: What is space colonization?
A: Space colonization is the idea of humans living outside of Earth permanently.
Q: Are there any space colonies at present?
A: At present, there are no space colonies.
Q: What resources would be needed to build a space colony?
A: Building colonies in space would require access to water, food, space, people, building materials, energy, transportation, communications, life support, simulated gravity, radiation protection and money.
Q: Where could possible sites for a space colony be located?
A: Possible sites for a space colony include the Moon, Mars asteroids and big free-floating space stations.
Q: What resources can be found on or near celestial bodies that could help with colonizing them?
A: Resources such as solar energy and water can be found on or near celestial bodies that could help with colonizing them.
Q: How might some celestial bodies be made suitable for human habitation?
A: Some celestial bodies might be terraformed which means changing a body's atmosphere temperature surface topography or ecology to make it similar to the biosphere of Earth so that humans can live there.
Q: Which planet may have the first successful colonization attempt?
A: Mars is the most Earth-like planet known so the colonization of Mars may be attempted first.
