In which I post about a TL9 solar system

AlexanderHowl · 08-18-2020, 12:16 AM

8 Flora could probably support a population of 1% of Earth's sustainable population without that much difficulty. Asteroids are capable of supporting a lot more people than their size would suggest because the low gravity and lack of internal heat allows you to use the entire body, rather than the last 100 meters of solid surface. That would probably give it a maximum capacity of 37.5 million human beings, which is a heck of a market for icecubes. They would probably send out their own ships to nudge hydrated bodies into the right orbits rather than depend on private prospectors.

08-18-2020, 12:16 AM	#23
AlexanderHowl Join Date: Feb 2016	Re: In which I post about a TL9 solar system 8 Flora could probably support a population of 1% of Earth's sustainable population without that much difficulty. Asteroids are capable of supporting a lot more people than their size would suggest because the low gravity and lack of internal heat allows you to use the entire body, rather than the last 100 meters of solid surface. That would probably give it a maximum capacity of 37.5 million human beings, which is a heck of a market for icecubes. They would probably send out their own ships to nudge hydrated bodies into the right orbits rather than depend on private prospectors.