Introduction
The year is
2040.
On October 12th of 1999,
the
sixth billionth inhabitant of the world
arrived.
Projections for population
growth were made
many years ago. We are currently approaching a world
population of 10 billion. The population growth on earth
has caused concern for possible catastrophe on our
planet.
Concerns
include:
- even more deaths from
famine
- energy
crises
- fighting over scarce
resources such as water and land for
farming
The world leaders have
been trying to come up with a solution. Currently plans
are underway to colonize another location in our solar
system.
Your team will explore
two questions:
- where to build the
space colony
- adaptations needed to
the environment of that colony to support
life
