Colonies are areas of land under the control of another state/country, often leading to displacement of native residents. Some colonies seek independence to govern themselves. Puerto Rico and Guam/Northern Mariana Islands are US colonies without full statehood rights. Gibraltar is a British colony recognized as a state by the EU. Some territories want full political […]
Portuguese traders stopped at Macau in 1516 and established an official outpost with China’s approval. Portugal tried to give Macau back in the mid-1910s, and China regained control in 1970. Macau is a special administrative region with Portuguese as an official language and a strong Portuguese influence. It relies on gambling casinos to attract visitors. […]
The three types of proposed space colonies are colonies on satellites or asteroids, colonies on other planets, and entirely man-made space colonies. Science fiction writers have explored these possibilities for years, and research into space colonies experienced a resurgence in the 1960s and 1970s. Prominent designs include the Bernal sphere, the Stanford torus, and the […]
Space colonization is possible using materials from the Moon and near-Earth objects, with solar energy being abundant. The main obstacles are microgravity health risks and high launch costs. A space colony would need to rotate to create artificial gravity and be constructed using robots and materials from space. The growing space tourism industry may speed […]
