Labels:text | screenshot OCR: COLONIES IN SPACE LIVING IN SPACE IN THE FUTURE, people may not always have to live on the Earth. They could live in colonies on the Moon, on another planet, such as Mars, or in huge orbiting space cities. Nowhere else in the Solar System provides Earthlike conditions to support human life, so space colonists would have to build an artificial environment in which human beings could live and work in comfort. The basic needs of any community would be air to breathe, food and water, and power to keep the colony running. Large permanent space colonies could not rely on the Earth to provide ORBITING CITIES such essentials, so any space settlement would Huge domes would protect have to be completely self-sufficient.» colonists from harmful radiation and tiny meteoroids. SPACE TECHNOLOGY SPACE TR ...
