And now for some fun thinking outside the box about what we could do in space when ignoring the issues of politics and funding ...
The BuildTheEnterprise (BTE) website describes how to build the first USS Enterprise spaceship, based on technologies within our reach, over the next twenty years.
It has 1g gravity, shielding for missions away from earth, can hold a 1000 people, and can enable the building of large underground bases on Mars and the moon also with 1g gravity. So what are we waiting for?
BuildTheEnterprise
Cheers,
BTE-Dan