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Fit-Capital1526 t1_ja93kbb wrote

Reply to comment by anotheroutlaw in The Case for Callisto by MoreGull

As the OP pointed out. Callisto is the easiest of the Jovian moons to visit. It is also ideal as a jumping off point for the rest of the Jovian moon. With predictions about the idea we will have put people on Mars by the 2100s. The idea of a semi-permanent or permanent base on Callisto being built in by 2200 is pretty likely

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anotheroutlaw t1_ja93ys0 wrote

OP didn’t say build a base. He said colonize.

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MoreGull OP t1_ja98x0s wrote

1000 people living and working above and on Callisto - is that Colonization?

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anotheroutlaw t1_ja99yx4 wrote

Sure, I think reproducing as well. But you may have had different ideas when you said colonize. Creating a mining colony is very different than creating a colony for people to establish themselves for generations.

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MoreGull OP t1_ja9a704 wrote

If it takes 3 years to get there and 3 more to get back, it will become a real colony if people persist at the location.

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anotheroutlaw t1_ja9bjdi wrote

People can’t just persist there. Survival alone requires technological feats never-before seen in human history. You need to raise the temperature hundreds of degrees, you need oxygen, and you need to account for psychological factors like a lack of sunlight or knowing certain death is a certainty outside the human created environment in which you live.

You can’t just drop people off and say “see you in three years!”.

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MoreGull OP t1_ja9cul9 wrote

I know, that's why I make a big deal of it. Can people actually live - with families, with lives above and beyond whatever job they are out there for....

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anotheroutlaw t1_ja9ieku wrote

I think it’s a great question you posed and one with exploring, no pun intended

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