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Solar System Haven, could Europa provide refuge against disaster?
dvandorn
post Nov 12 2006, 03:12 AM
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I started thinking about the problem of finding places in the Solar System where humans could live. The main problems are 1) energy sources, 2) sources of water and oxygen, and 3) protection from energetic cosmic rays.

Assuming Europa does have a global subsurface ocean, wouldn't this ocean provide all of the things mentioned above?

Also, a refuge of human knowledge (and perhaps terrestrial life) deep in Europa's oceans would survive most of the disasters that could wipe out life on Earth, including close supernovae events and exposure to catastrophic cosmic / gamma ray events. It would take an *awful* lot of energy to strip the ice off of Europa's oceans, I would think.

Perhaps, in the name of the survival of humanity, you could make a case for placing a colony within Europa's oceans...?

-the other Doug


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- dvandorn   Solar System Haven   Nov 12 2006, 03:12 AM
- - JRehling   I'm not sure there's an energy source unde...   Nov 12 2006, 06:37 AM
- - edstrick   There's a lot of the solar system that's e...   Nov 12 2006, 10:09 AM
- - nprev   Hate to say it, but JR's right on. I don't...   Nov 12 2006, 06:05 PM
- - John Flushing   QUOTE (nprev @ November 12th, 2006, 01:05...   Nov 12 2006, 07:02 PM
- - djellison   I'd say the Manned spaceflight forum to be hon...   Nov 12 2006, 07:07 PM
- - John Flushing   Okay, thanks.   Nov 12 2006, 07:12 PM

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