Whether its pioneering spirit and an urge to explore or a chance to make a fortune or new life out in space, colonization of our solar system may pursue many strategies across many new worlds.

What about outside of our Solar System? Mars and the other planets of our Solar System certainly aren’t the only examples of places where humanity has set down a flag in the science fiction world.

Yet a wave of interest in pursuing solar system colonization is building, whether its initial focus is the Moon, Mars, or O’Neill-style space habitats.

Overall, the settlement concept satisfies the following generic requirements for long-term large-scale settling of the solar system: 1. 1g artificial gravity, earthlike atmosphere, earthlike radiation ...

According to Sepka, this means the agency will have to not only develop a trash system for when we get there, but we also need to deal with garbage in the spacecraft to get there.

Back to Article List Elon Musk announces ambitious solar system colonization plans The SpaceX and Tesla founder is thinking beyond Earth.

In Spacefarers, Christopher Wanjek provides an optimistic yet realistic view on how humans might colonize the rest of our solar system.

There's a huge difference between sending humans to Mars and colonizing worlds outside our solar system.

Build a functional and prosperous colony. Take care of your colonists. Experience adventures on distant worlds or build a colony on planets in our solar system.

Solar system colonization may sound farfetched, but NASA has been robotically studying the Red Planet for more than 40 years now.

Colonization is Good Nextbigfuture believes that space colonization is good. There is billions of times more energy and resources in our solar system. We can increase the size of the resource pie by ...