Bezos says 'millions of people' will be living in space by 2045 - and robots will commute on our behalf to the moon

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

37. Not gonna happen. Not inour lifetimes, probably not ever.

I'm currently reading "A City On Mars" by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith. One of the most interesting things I've ever read.

As has already been pointed out, only a relative handful of people -- fewer than a thousand -- have ever lived in space. It cost millions of dollars just to send one person up at a time. Living conditions on the ISS are apparently truly awful. The place apparently smells just awful, and I've read that most newly arrived astronauts are very space sick for a week or so.

The other issue is that we have no idea if we can actually reproduce in zero gravity, or the micro gravity of the Moon or Mars. I'm surprised they've never tried to breed mice or gerbils in space, but no one ever has.

And yes, the promise of flying or self-driving cars has been made for a century now.