[BenLurkin]

Humans will not colonize space until we develop the technologies to 1) recycle everything a human consumes back into consumables within a closed system and 2) deal with the intense radiation in space.

(BTW, over the long long term space dwelling humans are likely to become smaller, consume fewer calories, require less oxygen and water and might even see better in the dark. They are likely to thrive best in deep space -- closer to ready supplies of ice in the Kuiper belt and farther from the solar flares)

[Flavius]

you mean these guys..

[JimDingle]

We will also have to create artifical gravity as muscle and bone atrophy are problems we still haven't overcome yet.

I honestly think there will never be able to colinize space as we haven't even begun to attempt undersea colonies which would be much easier to create.

[operation clinton cleanup]

(BTW, over the long long term space dwelling humans are likely to become smaller, consume fewer calories, require less oxygen and water and might even see better in the dark. They are likely to thrive best in deep space -- closer to ready supplies of ice in the Kuiper belt and farther from the solar flares)

Like the Greys? Astronauts from our future!