{"id":4730,"date":"2013-09-30T02:24:43","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T02:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4730"},"modified":"2013-09-30T02:25:59","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T02:25:59","slug":"space-colonization-opportunities-and-the-fermi-paradox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4730","title":{"rendered":"Space colonization opportunities and the Fermi Paradox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Inventor and programmer&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.science20.com\/profile\/robert_walker\" target=\"_d\">Robert Walker<\/a> at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.science20.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Science 2.0<\/a> discusses the vast resources of our solar system: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.science20.com\/robert_inventor\/blog\/asteroid_resources_could_create_space_habs_trillions_land_area_thousand_earths-116541\" target=\"_d\">Asteroid Resources Could Create Space Habs For Trillions; Land Area Of A Thousand Earths<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This leads him in turn to talk about the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fermi_paradox\" target=\"_blank\">Fermi Paradox<\/a> and possible solutions to it: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.science20.com\/robert_inventor\/blog\/humans_already_close_space_colonization_why_havent_millions_years_old_ets_colonisedour_solar_system_alread_\" target=\"_d\">With Humans Already Close To Space Colonization &#8211; Why Haven&#8217;t Millions Of Years Old ETs Colonised Our Solar System Already?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I liked this video he used:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qD3GMwg4qZo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Inventor and programmer&#8221; Robert Walker at\u00a0Science 2.0 discusses the vast resources of our solar system: Asteroid Resources Could Create Space Habs For Trillions; Land Area Of A Thousand Earths. This leads him in turn to talk about the Fermi Paradox and possible solutions to it: With Humans Already Close To Space Colonization &#8211; Why Haven&#8217;t &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4730\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space colonization opportunities and the Fermi Paradox<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,41,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology","category-seti","category-space-settlement"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1ei","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4781,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4781","url_meta":{"origin":4730,"position":0},"title":"Robert Walker on the Space Show today &#8211; Mars colonization, etc.","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I recently mentioned a couple of interesting essays on\u00a0Science 2.0\u00a0by the\u00a0\u201cinventor and programmer\u201d\u00a0Robert Walker\u00a0\u00a0he which he discussed the use of asteroids to enable colonization of the solar system and what such colonization implies for the Fermi Paradox. 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