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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 ...
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:
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 ...
Colonization of space was claimed by Stephen Hawking to be the best way to ensure the survival of humans as a species. [2] Other reasons for colonizing space include economic interests, long-term scientific research best carried out by humans as opposed to robotic probes, and sheer curiosity.
People at SpaceX wearing t-shirts with Occupy Mars written on them. Colonization will depend on many people settling with the harsh reality of Mars, [41] as pointed out by Elon Musk presenting SpaceX's colonial approach. [42] The company hopes that once infrastructure is established on Mars and launch cost is reduced, populating can begin.
Colonization of Mars differs from the crewed Mars exploration missions currently pursued by public space agencies, as they aim to land humans for exploration. [6] [7]The terminology used to refer a potential human presence on Mars has been scrutinized since at least the 2010s, [4] with space colonization in general since the 1977, as by Carl Sagan, who preferred to refer to settlements in ...
Read our exclusive one-on-one interview with Space Foundation CEO Tom Zelibor as he prepares to host the largest space industry gathering in history.
Colonization of the Moon has been imagined as early as the first half of the 17th century by John Wilkins in A Discourse Concerning a New Planet. [1] [2]In the early Space Age the USSR and the US engaged in dropping pennants [3] and raising flags on the Moon, like this Lunar Flag Assembly of 1969, but agreed internationally in 1967 with the Outer Space Treaty to not lay any claims over the ...