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Old 02-09-2018, 04:56 PM   #33
Polydamas
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Default Re: Is TS optimistic or pessimistic?

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Originally Posted by zenfrog View Post
One of the bigger concerns about Mars is that its gravity may be low enough to be a serious health hazard. We won't know until we send someone there or we create a small spin habitat in Earth's orbit to replicate gravity on Mars.
My Transhuman Space books are back in the old country, but I think I remember that this is a solved problem for humans with the right gene-mods, nanites, and medical treatment.

Does anyone know much about biotech? Has any of their tech moved from 'maaybe if we are lucky and people do some horrific experiments' to 'nah'?
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