Space Habitats In Story And Science

Edited By Gregory Benford and George Zebrowski Text from DJCline.com

After watching Pixar’s WALL-E I was reminded of several classic short stories about people in generation ships or space stations. Classic stuff that seems dated now. The idea of flesh and blood humans living in space seems unlikely. It’s like fish of the Permian period building elaborate goldfish bowls or aquariums for living on land. I can see one fish telling another, “Here Bob, put on this suit and go plant a flag on the beach.” Humanity or whatever comes after us will have to adapt to that environment before they successfully live in space.

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