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SUSPENDED ANIMATION TRAVEL. "Because there is no technology available for achieving fast interstellar space travel, proponents of interstellar space colonization have proposed several alternatives. The three most important ones are: generation ships, sleeper ships and embryo space colonization." http://lnkd.in/dBaf3yz View in LinkedIn

SPACE EVOLUTION. "Humans are taking the reigns of their evolutionary path and embarking on this journey to their future. We are the first creatures on Earth to evolve the capability of forcing changes to our physiology to adapt to the environment, rather than the environment forcing change upon us."" " http://lnkd.in/dZebQX5 View in LinkedIn

CARL SAGAN. "Since, in the long run, every planetary civilization will be endangered by impacts from space, every surviving civilization is obliged to become spacefaring ... for the most practical reason imaginable: staying alive... If our long-term survival is at stake, we have a basic responsibility to our species to venture to other worlds." http://www.spacequotes.com/ View in LinkedIn

STEPHEN HAWKING "predicted that the human race would become extinct within the next thousand years, unless colonies could be established in space ... mankind faces two options: Either we colonize space within the next two hundred years and build residential units on other planets or we will face the prospect of long-term extinction." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_colonization View in LinkedIn

MOTIVES FOR COLONIZATION are so compelling: immense wealth, power over vast domains, insurance for humankind, and military dominion; all the motivation that humankind needs to get out of bed in the morning. This is an unstoppable driver for an immense undertaking. There that can be no doubt it will be undertaken. View in LinkedIn

MADE IN SPACE INC. "Starting next year, and in partnership with NASA, this Silicon Valley-based company—founded by serial entrepreneurs Aaron Kemmer, Jason Dunn, and Mike Chen—will begin using 3D printing to make objects aboard the International Space Station." http://lnkd.in/dxsGCMs View in LinkedIn

ROBOTIC MOTHERS AND ARTIFICIAL WOMBS are required for the fantasy of deep space colonization. "The essential requirements include the ability to build an artificial womb, i.e. a machine that nurtures and grows a human embryo outside of a woman's body ... create androids based on advanced robotics that are capable of raising children." A very tall order. View in LinkedIn

INEVITABLE SPACE HABITATION. "Scientists as eminent as Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan have long believed that humans will one day colonize the universe." Other level-headed scientists entertain the possibility of panspermia, life originating from another planet. http://lnkd.in/dbbJ_Ax View in LinkedIn

EMBRYONIC COLONIZATION is proposed as a work-around for vast interstellar distances, and requires two key components. Firstly, an artificial womb. Secondly, robotic caretakers. We have already been reviewing the not inconsiderable complexities of artificial wombs. Let us look a moment at AI parenting. View in LinkedIn

SPACE AS INSURANCE FOR MANKIND. "In the long run a single-planet species will not survive ... If we humans want to survive for hundreds of thousands or millions of years, we must ultimately populate other planets. " (Michael D. Griffin, 2005 NASA Administrator). https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Space_colonization.html View in LinkedIn