/sci/ - Science & Math

>>4013285

Space by itself is empty and pointless. We travel through it to get to other planets. Even within our own solar system, the most promising places to look for life are ocean worlds like Europa and Encleaudus.

QED: the end goal of space travel is merely to reach other planets with water, where aquanaut tech will still be needed for exploration and development.

>>3988142
Also if this new civilization is to have an anthem, let it be this one. I can think of nothing more fitting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u6tkhTwJWo&sns=em

>>3857922
Oxygen can be extracted directly from sea water. Submarines do this today. The ocean is full of edible biomass both plant and animal. Constant clean energy can be had from an array of turbines in the gulf stream. I am not saying an undersea colony is unassailable, but the means exist for it to be self sufficient. When did this become about the military aspect? The point of subsea communities isn't that they are immune to attack any more than that is the point of a surface city. It's just a place to live and work as the mainland is desertified, deforested and crowded in coming centuries.