Expansion into Space: A Solution to Population Growth

The world’s population has been rising constantly without stopping for many years. In fact, even in the last century the world’s population has almost doubled. We think there are about 6 billion people living in the world today but since there is no way to get an exact count, its impossible to get the exact number. However, it is safe to say that the population of the Earth is going at an accelerated pace. As the population grows, already dwindling natural resources are decreasing even more. Since the amount of space and the availability of the natural resources on Earth are limited, it would be safe to say that in another hundred years or perhaps less; it would be quite difficult to live on Earth. Especially with the pollution of the synthetic substances and problems like the thinning of the Ozone Layer and Global Warming, the world might become unlivable more sooner than we think.

Thus if we ask ourselves what is the solution then we can see that expansion into Space can be a solution to Population Growth. First of all creating orbital and deep space platforms in outer space along with colonies on the Moon and on the planet Mars would allow some of the population to live in outer space instead of planet Erath. This would be a perfect solution to the Population Growth of Earth. As the technology advances, more and more orbital platforms and planet colonies could be formed so that it allows Mankind to expand into outer space.

Another serious advantage of this scheme would be the fact that there would be the possibility of constructing Industrial Platforms in Outer Space. Especially in the Asteroid Belt past the Planet of Jupiter there are lots of Asteroids with various minerals and metals such as Iron, which could be mined efficiently to produce the necessary materials for the humankind. This would also help bring the pollution down in Planet Earth. If you think about the amount of pollution that is released into the Earth’s atmosphere then you would see how problematic that this could become in another 50 years. With the orbital Industrial Platforms that can be developed, it would be possible to produce everything in space. In addition, you wouldn’t need to mine Earth anymore as all the things that you need would be found in the asteroids.

In addition, to solve the energy problem, it would be possible to construct solar satellites that could accumulate solar power and beam it into Earth in the form of microwaves. This way the energy crisis of the planet Earth could be finished on the same day that the system goes into effect. Since solar energy is abundant, this would create the perfect solution. If you think about the fact that many worlds wars were fought for energy, you will see that solving the energy problem of the world by expansion into space will also allow the world to breathe a moments of peace.

Thus, expansion into space can be the Last Salvation of the Mankind and we should take care to make it a reality some day. The expansion into space will bring the population growth under control and it will allows the natural resources of the Earth to be stopped exploiting as all the resources of space will be available to the people of the Earth. Also with expansion into space, the energy problem of the mankind will be finished in a single day and wars will stop on Earth instantly. As the population of the world moves on to the distant colonies, the Earth will breathe more easily and the resources left on planet Earth can be divided more fairly amongst the remaining population. Indirectly hunger would become a word of the past as everyone would be happy and content with the advantages of expanding into space.