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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Axeman 3D: [QB] I think there would be a need for something a bit more specialised than just adventurous individuals setting out in transports and hoping for the best. If not civilians, then military needs would dictate that there would be some sort of dedicated ship for the role. With no dedicated ship, then we're looking at everything a colony would need could have to fit in a hold or standard container, which is a bit limiting in both capacity and time to set up. Of course we might be looking at something fancy like building a station or colony base on the ground from linked containerised sections. It would be like a portacabin village on a construction site, but with life support and containerised power modules and so forth. I tried designing a modular moonbase like that once, it was quite interesting but tougher than it looked. Today in many countries they're experimenting with that very idea, and some housing actually uses standard 20' and 40' cargo containers that have been fitted out as rooms. Likewise there's an underground bunker in Canada built out of dozens of school buses buried under a mound of earth and concrete. Our current ISS is built from modules transported up and assembled in sections, it's an idea that works well when cargo space is limited. On the replicator question, replicators use a lot of power and still need raw materials for processing. I imagine they'd be a luxury that the colony wouldn't want to waste on middling stuff, and instead would want to begin farming and raising livestock as soon as possible, or on more barren worlds it would seek out the natural resources they need to keep a replicator going indefinitely. For military applications I'd think they'd use replicators all the time, but they are then reliant on regular deliveries from their pals in space. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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