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Conquering The Frozen Frontier (Kuiper Belt Objects)

Conquering The Frozen Frontier (Kuiper Belt Objects)

Apr 30, 2008

(Image: Size comparison between largest Kuiper Belt Objects, sometimes called Trans-Neptunians, against Earth. Credit: NASA) Whether it takes 50 years–or five thousand–humanity seems destined to expand beyond their earthen cradle and conquer the solar neighborhood around them. Our species may in the distant future find ourselves settling on worlds...