” It would take an extremely large spacecraft to deflect a large asteroid that would be headed directly for the Earth. “
” We have the capability – physically, technically – to protect the Earth from asteroid impacts. We are now able to very slightly and subtly reshape the solar system in order to enhance human survival. “
” We’re not passengers on Spaceship Earth. We’re the crew. “
” It is fantastic to think that one day we may be able to access fuel, materials and even water in space instead of digging deeper and deeper into our planet for what we need and then dragging it all up into orbit, against Earth’s gravity. “
” The frontier in space, embodied in the space colony, is one in which the interactions between humans and their environment is so much more sensitive and interactive and less tolerant of irresponsibility than it is on the whole surface of the Earth. “
” We are going to learn how to relate to the Earth and our own natural environment here by looking seriously at space colony ecologies. “
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