In article <1174660666.619515.187440@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Michael Grosberg" <grosberg.michael@xxxxxxxxx> said:
In television, I seem to remember the background of _Earth 2_ was
that the earth was environmentally ruined and humanity lived in
space stations in orbit for some time. I'm not sure global warming
was mentioned, though.
I concur on these memories. I don't think the details of the ruin
of Earth were ever given.
Re: Man-Made Global Warming Question ... 1/ Global warming is mostly man-made and we can significantly affect ... technology and the economics) we can't significantly affect its outcome ...Increasing earth orbital "diameter" by 1 cm per 600 years will ... atmosphere) than the movement of Earth's orbit.... (sci.physics)
Re: forests on orbit ... All this talk of robots does not mean that we need robots at Ceres to ... raw materials in the form of ores and ices are returned to Earth orbit... The space stations where this occurs will grow in size as costs per ... (sci.space.policy)
Re: Colonizing space? ... our fair share of thorium for the clean energy that it can deliver. ... users anywhere on demand, improves life on Earth, by lowering the cost ... into Earth orbit, and using nuclear pulse lifters to place significant ... The moon as already stated must be mined and is at the bottom of a ... (sci.space.policy)
Re: Space port/dock/ship yard location ... to increase human presence across the solar system.... regular flights operate between Earth and Moon. ... Once sufficient capacity is available on orbit,... These are powere by laser beams from orbit, ... (sci.space.policy)
Re: Griffin on Loss of U.S. Space Leadership ... There are hotels in high inclination orbits for spectacular views of Earth, and vehicle assembly hangars in low inclination for departure to points beyond Earth orbit. ... There are huge radio telescopes on the far side of the Moon, protected from the incessant radio noise of our industrial planet, and at the poles are research facilities and tourist spots, using the water ice hidden in the craters there. ... (sci.space.policy)
