10-08-2025, 08:44 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-09-2025, 01:12 AM by HereOnThePrimalEdge.)
Red Heaven
On Roku Channel
One year in the life of participants in a HI-SEAS Mars simulation on Mauna Loa. Probably a lot like a year in the life of a Puna resident. What to eat? Fill out too many forms and questionnaires. Everything is always on hold for 40 minutes. Water pump clogged, seriously clogged.
I found it intriguing. Side note: When you drive Saddle Road returning from Kona side, a few miles before you reach Mauna Kea Road, you can still see the white dot of their dome in the far distance. It stands out in the lava fields on Mauna Loa.
The High Frontier
Also on Roku
Gerard O’Neill’s vision for space colonies. I first read about his ideas in a 1980’s issue of Coevolution Quarterly. He’s an environmentalist, so he didn’t want to abandon earth, but create a better earth by accessing abundant sources of building materials, water, air - - from the moon and asteroids. The goal? If we have enough for everyone, there would be no reason for war. Even greedy people could get far too much of what they need want right here in the solar system. The space colonies he imagined were huge, with populations of 10,000 people. Like HPP in orbit, without the roosters. Or membership meetings.
On Roku Channel
One year in the life of participants in a HI-SEAS Mars simulation on Mauna Loa. Probably a lot like a year in the life of a Puna resident. What to eat? Fill out too many forms and questionnaires. Everything is always on hold for 40 minutes. Water pump clogged, seriously clogged.
I found it intriguing. Side note: When you drive Saddle Road returning from Kona side, a few miles before you reach Mauna Kea Road, you can still see the white dot of their dome in the far distance. It stands out in the lava fields on Mauna Loa.
The High Frontier
Also on Roku
Gerard O’Neill’s vision for space colonies. I first read about his ideas in a 1980’s issue of Coevolution Quarterly. He’s an environmentalist, so he didn’t want to abandon earth, but create a better earth by accessing abundant sources of building materials, water, air - - from the moon and asteroids. The goal? If we have enough for everyone, there would be no reason for war. Even greedy people could get far too much of what they need want right here in the solar system. The space colonies he imagined were huge, with populations of 10,000 people. Like HPP in orbit, without the roosters. Or membership meetings.