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    disatess: lunar should hopefully be easier now that we found water on the moon . more »
    mordicai: Sometimes I feel like I must be a terrible science fan-- I'm bored with Mars, lets nuke its caps & start terraforming already! more »
    tamoko: We're not even on the map, but I guess we have to start somewhere... The ISS is a start. more »
    Klebert L. Hall: Not very close. It isn't colonization until people are born and grow up there. -Kle. more »
    Segador: How close are we to colonizing space? A long, long ways. Looooooong ways. more »
    TheFu: Radiation is tough to protect against. LOE provides very significant protection, but as you move further out, that is lost. Being exposed to a solar... more »
    HfAsianInvasion: I totally remember that illustration from a book I was looking at in Elementary school. more »
    esophus: I used to own the book this image comes from...anyone remember the name? more »
    Lunargent: Sounding an awful lot like Stephen Baxter's idea of "Bootstrapping" as laid out in his Manifold series [Manifold: Time to be precise]. Basically, if ... more »
    SJ_Edwards: The first time you hear anybody say: "We are going to need this many dollars." "We are going to need this many years." "We are going to need to send... more »
    PistachioWildebeest: Two really interesting things at the moment are Bigelow Aerospace and SpaceX. It's not out of the question that there could be a commercial space stat... more »
    SpammerOvTheGods: NOT CLOSE ENOUGH. #@! more »
    GuyNermie: Another example of the "the next 20 years" or "our lifetime" rule - "We'll have a moonbase in.....", "We'll have fusion power in...", "......land on M... more »
    Ryanrule: wonder what the 2 TRILLION plus spent on the iraq war could have put up there. more »
    gorehound: probably this century we should at least see a moon colony. more »
    benizdead: does anyone know why they haven't added a 'greenhouse' to the ISS yet??!? and is it me, or do the plans for long-term lunar colonies seem to be taken... more »
    tipsymongoose: I think the day they find a way to actually profit off space exploration is the day colonies will actually be built. more »
    cletar: In 1970, NASA said there would be a human landing on Mars by 1984. The shuttle was suposed to be so cheap and easy once it got up and running, there w... more »
    OakRidge: It will happen when it becomes more necessary. more »
    crashedpc - Haifisch: I suggest that we send up as many millionaire clowns up in space as first generation space colonist guinea pigs just to make sure that it's viable. An... more »
  • #spacecolonies

    How Close Are We To Colonizing Space?

    How close are we to long-term human habitation beyond low-Earth orbit? Colonies on the moon or Mars are still many years off, but the good news is there are several serious efforts underway to make it happen. More »
  • #mars

    Aldrin Says First Manned Mission to Mars Should be a One Way Trip

  • #spaceprogram

    Russia's Space Program Could Crush the U.S. Over the Next Decade

    When NASA retires its three space shuttles in 2010, US astronauts will have to rely on the Russian space program to gain entry to space and the International Space Station. Until 2015, when the Constellation program is scheduled to begin launching the Orion spacecraft, the US plans to purchase seats on the Russian Soyuz craft. Now some NASA officials are warning that America's presence in space could be hindered further by US-Russian tensions and the emerging Chinese program. More »
  • #spaceshuttle

    The New Age of Commercial Space Travel