So many new problems to solve. Plumbing must have a greater slope so the solids keep moving. At 1/6 the gravity do we need 6 times the slope in our plumbing? Construction rules change. Wood is no longer a cheap material. Neither are plastics. No organic petrocarbons to work with. No oil or gas fields on these worlds. There just isn't much to work with but rock.
Silicons? We will have lots of silicon to work with.
A lot of sci fi has man living on the surface. I think not. Caves are in order.
I just don't see a Moon or Mars colony being feasible any time soon. Camping out for a year or so is not "self sufficient". A self sufficient colony manufactures what they need. Housing and clothes for the next generation just isn't that easy to accomplish. Everything must be manufactured locally. If it depends on Earth it is not self sustaining. If Earth dies the colony dies.
Are we 1,000 years from getting to this point?
Silicons? We will have lots of silicon to work with.
A lot of sci fi has man living on the surface. I think not. Caves are in order.
I just don't see a Moon or Mars colony being feasible any time soon. Camping out for a year or so is not "self sufficient". A self sufficient colony manufactures what they need. Housing and clothes for the next generation just isn't that easy to accomplish. Everything must be manufactured locally. If it depends on Earth it is not self sustaining. If Earth dies the colony dies.
Are we 1,000 years from getting to this point?