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Any errors in the survey became apparent at the road junctions, with the side roads being offset. [9] Example Jogged Intersection in Single Front Township. Single-front survey example (Ontario) In a double-front survey, lots were measured from the front of the concession to a midpoint, and then from the back of the concession to the midpoint ...
The two most common reasons in favor of colonization are the survival of humans and life independent of Earth, making humans a multiplanetary species, [7] in the event of a planetary-scale disaster (natural or human-made), and the commercial use of space particularly for enabling a more sustainable expansion of human society through the ...
Space and survival is the idea that the long-term survival of the human species and technological civilization requires the building of a spacefaring civilization that utilizes the resources of outer space, [1] and that not doing this might lead to human extinction. A related observation is that the window of opportunity for doing this may be ...
A growing number of scientists think human colonization of the solar system is inevitable. It's not clear when we'll see humans walking around on the moon or Mars, but it's coming, and it's going ...
The book is also notable for including a publication of Robert Zubrin's Mars Direct mission architecture (first formulated in 1990), which was soon expanded into a book of its own, The Case For Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must, and which provided the impetus for the founding of the Mars Society. [2]
One of the primary arguments for space colonization is to ensure the long-term survival of the human species. In the event of worldwide artificial or natural disaster a space colony would allow the human species to continue on. [5] Michael Griffin, the NASA administrator in 2006, stated the case as follows:
The Millennial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps by space advocate Marshall Savage; The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must by space advocate Robert Zubrin; The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space by Gerard K. O'Neill; Space advocacy; Outline of space technology; Space colonization; Space-based ...
The next stage for the scientists will be to study how plants colonize recently exposed bare land as Antarctica’s glaciers retreat further. CNN meteorologist Mary Gilbert contributed to this report.