Giant space station proposed as new home for humans in space
A proposed space station
Would you like to live in a giant, earth-like space station? A Finnish scientist has proposed that instead of colonizing Mars, we should build floating, connected space stations that would surround the the mini planet Ceres. Ceres is a small planet that is just a little farther than Mars. Its atmosphere contains lost of nitrogen like the atmosphere of Earth. It also has water on its surface, although it may be under the ground and frozen. In addition, its surface also contains many mineral and chemical resources that could be used by colonists in space stations above the little planet. The Finnish scientist who proposes this project is Pekka Janhunen, and his proposal is that it would be cheaper and easier to build such connected space stations above Ceres than reconstructing the surface of Mars to meet the needs of humans. One major problem of Mars is that its gravity is a lot weaker than that of earth's. This means humans raised on that planet would have many health issues related to muscle development. Orbiting space stations could have a rotation that would recreate the gravitational pull of Earth. A 24 hour day/night could also be more easily recreated on a space station. Janhunen believes that such a space station could be built after maybe 20 years!
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