Are you ready to live in Earth orbit?

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.........maybe in just 20 years you can, according to this article! 

Thousands of people could live in space colonies orbiting the Earth in 20 years, expert claims


Independent News
Ian Johnston Science Correspondent - Saturday 11 March 2017 21:16

Thousands of people could be living in floating space colonies orbiting the Earth in 20 years' time, according to the head of a project by the British Interplanetary Society (BIS).

And, while life in space might sound unappealing to some, Jerry Stone believe it could actually be healthier than planet Earth, enabling people to live longer and, eventually, grow taller.

Mr Stone, author of the book One Small Step about the moon landings, and other members of the BIS have been updating research carried out in the US in the 1970s into how humans could start living in space in large numbers.

In a speech in Aberdeen as part of British Science Week, Mr Stone will claim humanity is now close to the point where such colonies could be built using material taken from the Moon and asteroids.

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/space-colonies-orbiting-earth-20-years-expert-prediction-a7623726.html

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Decades ago, Coevolution Quaterly exposed why these orbiting colonies would never work:

Terrorism.

One bomb blast punching a hole in the craft and everyone might die.  Is a politically correct government going to insist that Muslim refugees be freely admitted?