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I didn't realize that Dodos only lived on Mauritius. I thought they were everywhere for some reason. I guess little meat footballs that can't fly were never going to colonize th…
by Neil44 · Oct 2, 2026
When do you want to colonize the moon then?
by fragmede · Sep 30, 2026
The aspect that's depressing to me is that we've shown many times that we can throw huge amounts of resources at various projects, numbers quantifying them so large most people…
by keyringlight · Sep 29, 2026
You know what, it's been a while since I took the piss out of the hasbara, let's have fun. > the well below average ratio of civilian to combatant deaths in complex urban warfar…
by well_ackshually · Sep 29, 2026
Elon Musk's idea to colonize Mars isn't to build the most efficient in-space architecture. It's to brute force his way with one way trips to Mars using a massive amount of reusa…
by imtringued · Sep 29, 2026
I guess I just don't see the need to ship something like a modern chip lithography machine? When the colony is first getting established they don't need to be making 2nm chips,…
by pigpop · Sep 28, 2026
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Colonization or colonisation is defined as "the act or process of sending people to live in and govern another country". The term "colonization" is sometimes used synonymously with the word "settlement". Read more on Wikipedia