Fusion wouldn’t give us faster speeds. Only a new energy source

Satellite corps or orbital corps sounds much better

Would optical observetories on the surface have any shot realistically? Or would it still move too fast

The Aphophis flyby sounds like it will have immense scientific value for orbital and ground based telescopes to get a better look at it as well

The belt really isnt as dangerous as pop culture makes it out to be

Technically destroying one or more planets was never even criminalized either

To my knowledge what they did is a violation of japanese law. Especially if they misused government money to do it or lied about their credentials

Personally my moneys still on the safer bets of the ice moons as opposed to life of any kind on mars beyond maybe the poles

Its a dead world. Theres no ecology being put at risk by the minute amount of derbris humanity has on mars

The surface of a place like ceres or the moon would at least have something to support the colony economically. Mars would be the same work if not more for little return on investment. I do agree megastructures would be the best long term solution to settlement though

Mars seems like kind of a dump in terms of real estate. An asteroid belt colony has a prepackaged economy to come with it. Or a colony on a place like europa under the ice could be a less harsh environment

“When” as if its a surefire thing we’ll build a colony out there

Ive never actually heard of those islands before. I just knew taiwan cus thats the big population area

The republic of china (now entirely in taiwan) was one of the founding members and used to hold the seat on the security council today held by the people’s republic of china