{"id":215187,"date":"2025-06-01T17:05:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T22:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/why-were-trying-to-colonize-space"},"modified":"2025-06-01T17:05:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T22:05:37","slug":"why-were-trying-to-colonize-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/why-were-trying-to-colonize-space","title":{"rendered":"Why We\u2019re Trying To Colonize Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hVtkar9dvHI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This docu-series covers all three of Earth\u2019s next landing options \u2013 Asteroids, the Moon and Mars. The programmes explore the scientific reasons for and against each celestial body\u2019s case to be the next that humans might colonise. They explore the technical and logistical problems and benefits of each \u2013 EG temperature at night and day, ability or inability to harness solar power and more.<\/p>\n<p>Join the Spark Channel Membership to get access to perks:<br \/> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sparkdocs\">@sparkdocs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the best history documentaries, with 50% off your first 3 months, on History Hit: <a href=\"https:\/\/historyhit.com\/subscribe\">https:\/\/historyhit.com\/subscribe<\/a> Using the code SPARK<\/p>\n<p>Find us on:<br \/> Facebook: \/ sparkdocs.<br \/> Instagram: \/ spark_channel.<\/p>\n<p>Any queries, please contact us at: <a href=\"mailto:owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com.\">owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This docu-series covers all three of Earth\u2019s next landing options \u2013 Asteroids, the Moon and Mars. The programmes explore the scientific reasons for and against each celestial body\u2019s case to be the next that humans might colonise. They explore the technical and logistical problems and benefits of each \u2013 EG temperature at night and day, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1633,8,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solar-power","category-space","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}