A scientist proposes to create a human settlement in the orbit of Ceres within 15 years

According to the physicist, a space elevator can transmit everything needed from the surface of Ceres to the satellite for construction.

Finnish theoretical physicist Becca Janonen has proposed the creation of a human settlement in space, reports the portal arxiv.org. But the world does not raise the moon or Mars as a target, his idea is Colonization of Ceres.

It is a dwarf planet discovered in 1801, located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. According to the scientist, it is not necessary to colonize the surface of the planet, because its orbit would be an ideal place Create a settlement. It could be on a gravity satellite built with materials sourced from Ceres.

According to him scientific, The space elevator can transmit everything needed from the surface of Ceres to the satellite. The researcher imagines that the satellite where the colony will be a plate-shaped structure.

There, cylindrical structures that are about 10 kilometers long and a radius of 1 kilometer on their surface will be interconnected to house humans. Janhunen asserts that the potential for developing agricultural and creative spaces is to be expected in the place, and that the colony will be illuminated by concentrated sunlight thanks to the system of flat mirrors and parabolas.

According to the author of the initiative, the dwarf planet contains enough nitrogen, water and carbon dioxide, which will allow the settlement to develop. The initial population of a proposed colony could start with 50,000 people although this number could be fit On both cylinders, it is raised.

The idea of ​​the Finnish physicist includes creating gardens with trees, and according to his estimates, the first settlers on Earth could begin to travel within the next fifteen years.

“I am concerned that children on Mars may not develop into healthy adults (in terms of muscle and bone) due to the very low gravity on this planet. Therefore, I looked for an alternative that could provide gravity as it does on Earth, but in an interconnected world.”