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 Do you think human race can live in outer space?, Similar to Earth?

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pllx
post Oct 30 2009, 01:15 AM

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@ an earlier statement, if the sun suddenly disappeared we wouldn't be able to adapt in time haha. We'd literally freeze to death in what...a second?
I don't think sending a baby couple to there will achieve much either. It's different from growing up in the wild and growing up in the city. It's not about growing more callused feet. That's just the thickening of skin, not really evolution. Evolution does not occur spontaneously within a single organism. It's a process, something like Doomsday from Superman. The difference is that the baby boy & girl will probably die very quickly, before being given the chance to mate. If we adjust the environment to allow them to grow up, there that's not really evolution is it?

But i guess they could slowly adapt over many generations by constant but not perpetual exposure to the raw environment but by the time they've finished adapting to the conditions on Mars, i don't think we can call them Homo sapiens anymore. My conclusion is that humans can live in outer space, but by adapting the environment to themselves and not by evolution.

Anyone know more good documentaries about this kind of stuff (preferably not too difficult to understand)? I read Carl Sagan's Cosmos and absolutely enjoyed it. Would love to find out more smile.gif
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post Oct 30 2009, 05:39 PM

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Au contraire, ice does have heat haha. Just enough for it to stay below its melting point. The theorized state of absolute zero is supposed to be when a particle has absolutely no heat at all. But what happens then? Without heat energy, does it lose kinetic energy too? I heard from a friend that there is a theory in quantum physics that if a particle reaches absolute zero, it can emit extreme amounts of energy. I myself have no idea about that...
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post Oct 30 2009, 06:04 PM

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Urhmm, i'm not sure if emit or possess actually. I haven't heard of this before and it seems to make no sense as devoid of energy, how can energy be produced? But my friend talked about it as a possible mean to harness unlimited energy. Anyone knows more about this who can clarify?
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post Oct 30 2009, 06:17 PM

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Agreed haha. We're getting out of topic though. It would be awesome if we could populate mars. I told my bio teacher my theory of planting trees in an oxygenized dome on mars and after a long time, maybe there would be sufficient oxygen of habitation. Yeah i know it's a rough idea and the cost would be insane, but it's just a "What If?" My teacher smacked me and said i was wasting her time haha.
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post Oct 30 2009, 09:08 PM

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Haha, i don't appreciate being called a kid sweat.gif I may be inexperienced and naive at times, but i attribute it to a lack of exposure and definitely not age. For that, i'd rather not reveal my age. It's like an ad hominem that can only fallaciously work against my favour in most cases. smile.gif
I asked my physics teacher what caused gravity. He wouldn't give me an answer but i found the equation that correlates mass distance and gravity with a bit of research. However, i simply still do not understand how an object with mass has a gravitational pull. Is it the force of attraction emitted by the nuclei of the particles that form us or something?

My question is: Do you really think humans should live in outer space, given that they are capable? What would our life be without our home planet? For what are we living when we have outlived our own planet or caused its destruction? I have a feeling that we as a species will never make it out of our solar system. Nonetheless, like any decent person i will keep an open mind smile.gif

 

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