Those still interested in space architecture - and, again, we're going to need a lot of forward-thinkers to sign up - shouldn't be intimidated, though. "Only then is one prepared to stand toe-to-toe with the engineers and strive for architectural aesthetics that treat the human as more than a deterministic biochemical subsystem of a soulless machine." To play this game, one needs to educate oneself about the harsh realities of life beyond Earth, and the science and technology for fashioning habitable bubbles in deadly environments," Theodore Hall, a former chairperson of the SATC and an extended reality software developer at the University of Michigan, said back in 2014. "Space architecture is not for the technically timid. You want to be a space architect? Get yourself a planet-sized toolbox. What can we learn by building these habitats on some of the less-hospitable areas of Earth? How can what we learn help us while we're still here? What's a habitat on Mars to look like? How do winds there affect what you build? What about gravity? How do you construct a farm, if one can be built, with the radiation of another planetary body beaming down? How do we build living quarters on a ship that may take decades to get where it's going? How can we make sure that a flying habitat flies? If our living space is to become outer space - a habitable space that humans have been learning about, up close, for at least 20 years - well, we better start cracking the books.
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