/sci/ - Science & Math

>>15447312
oh I get it, you're a nigger

Is it true that every space colony will eventually devolve into an oppressive totalitarian dictatorship? Pic unrelated.

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>>11906370
This is the main reason im voting Trump. Can't let NASA completely change direction again.

>>10656618
This is an stupid argument because the "huge solid rock" is below you, and thus, not protecting you in any way. You could say the atmosphere is gonna destroy small enough metorites, however the wall of a well-designed habitat would do just the same. And the "huge solid rock" is gonna attract other huge rocks, which are going to eventually fuck you up, if you don't actively deflect them. This is not a problem for cylinders, because a chance of being hit by an large asteroid while orbiting a "clean" area, like around a planet, is very, very low.

>>7142360
i don't need a definite answer. it is just entertaining for me to see people discuss and debate these unknowable topics.