The Kuiper Belt is a circular disk in the outer layer of the Solar System that extends from the orbit of Neptune at 30 astronomical units (AU) to about 50 AU from the Sun. It is similar to the asteroid belt, but much larger — 20 times wider and 20-200 times more massive. Like the asteroid belt, it consists mainly of small bodies or remnants from the formation of the solar system. While many asteroids are mostly made up of rock and metal, most Kuiper Belt objects consist primarily of frozen volatile materials (called "ice") such as methane, ammonia, and water.
The Kuiper Belt is generally accepted by astronomers as home to most objects of dwarf planets: Neptune, Pluto, Haumea, Genesis, and Orion. Some moons of the solar system, such as Neptune's Triton and Saturn's Phoebe, may have originated in the region. What if humans built a planet?
Humans are trying to find other worlds like Earth, and this exploration seems endless. We are now able to photograph not only the farthest parts of the solar system, but also the more distant planets that may have life. Obviously we hope that one day we will be able to live somewhere else in the universe. However, there may be another answer to our ostensible need for a second home.
Before we can build a planet, we first need to understand what the planet is made of. According to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), an object to be classified as a planet must meet three criteria: it must orbit a star; it must be large enough for gravity to make it spherical; and large enough to clear other objects of similar size in its orbit—and the last point is the main reason why Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet in 2006. So, based on the above three criteria, can we really create a world?
Before we can try, we first need to take control of our own planet and become a Kardashev Type I civilization. At this stage, we'll know everything about how the planet works: we'll be able to predict the weather, control natural disasters, and use all the energy available to us. Then we can use that knowledge to continue. In this particular context, Earth is a kind of planetary blueprint: a "completed" project from which we can draw inspiration for a new planet. As Type I civilizations evolve to Type II civilizations, we will also make more progress in exploring the rest of the solar system, so we will also have knowledge from other existing planets to refer to.
Optimistically, we have now begun to take the first steps towards that goal. Plans like the Artemis project (largely led by NASA and designed to return us to the moon) and various manned missions to Mars are likely to change the way we think about science and technology forever. If we succeed in reaching places like Mars, we can fully grasp how to build sustainable colonies on extraterrestrial planets in just a few decades. Overall, though, our desire for other planets is to terraform them — in other words, to make them as Earth-like as possible.
In general, planets are made up of debris that rotate around the star, which condenses together over millions of years and eventually becomes a sphere. So, stars are a key link, but theoretically we can build one faster than we originally thought...?
According to a 2004-2005 study by British aeronautical engineer Mark Hempsell, in the future, there is hope that a large nuclear fusion reactor will be placed near the Sun, and then hydrogen from the Sun will be used to fuse it into some heavier elements, such as platinum and samarium, which will be the building materials for the core of our new planet. Back to now, we are far from the ability of the Type II civilization, that is, to be able to fully use the full resources of the planet's surrounding energy stars (it is generally believed that the current human civilization is close to but not up to the Type I civilization, that is, it has the ability to use all the available energy of the planet, and after formula conversion, the Earth civilization is about 0.75 level), but this is the premise that we must achieve to develop a vision for the future.
From here, in order to generate the necessary conditions for various aspects such as rotation and convection, we had to first experience the unimaginable heat of our new material planet, and then cool down for centuries, so as to build a high-quality atmosphere suitable for living creatures and resistant to space radiation. When we finally do this after many hardships, we have surpassed the Type II civilization and embarked on the road to becoming a Type III civilization. But what can we do before that?
Before we reach an unheard-of level of intelligence, we can try a different, but simpler, way to build a planet. Sift through a giant metal structure like the iconic Death Star, only it's larger and has no customs, and it's a hell full of life. Let's call this metal world the "Star of Life." It will take artificial life to a whole new level.
From the color of the sky to the oxygen content, everything is mechanized in some way, and even land that looks "purely natural" on the surface is built to precise specifications. Although such a structure does not seem to qualify as a true planet, according to the guidelines of the International Astronomical Union, if we can find a way to build it large enough, then it meets all the requirements for becoming a planet.
However, how we can afford to build and maintain this place is another important question. So, there may be a midfield here: there may be a middle ground between a fragile and fragile new planet from scratch and a bulky metal world from a Star Wars-like world. When it comes to action, the best course of action is to start with objects such as moons or asteroids, which are large enough and already exist.
Although once again we need some distant future technical capabilities that we don't currently have, such as the fact that we can extract multiple objects from the Kuiper Belt or even the Ault Cloud... Then, say we can crush them together, force them to combine, and then let them develop their own shape and gravitational influences when they travel at new distances away from the sun... If we could (and have had the time) to do all of this, then we would once again shape a new planet; win ourselves an absolutely blank canvas to create a new world.
From there, we will add life ... It is possible to take the "Noah's Ark" approach to importing animals and plants from The Earth. Seeing that we're going to customize the second planet to accommodate whatever living conditions we need, then the transition should be simple when it actually lives there. This place is like Earth, and perhaps even an enhanced version of Earth — the environment there is always rich and diverse and has everything life needs. Further, if we really have the ability to design the entire world, can we also start to "design" the creatures that inhabit it? After all, any civilization that can create a planet will have a god-like effect on the exact situation there.
But until we are able to walk (or even crawl), we should not run on the cosmology. While the idea of a new planet may seem magical, it's still just — a fantasy. That's not to say that one day it won't be necessary... If the Earth becomes uninhabitable for any reason, then humans will need to move somewhere. If the other solar system planets are not suitable for us to live, and we cannot develop a journey faster than the speed of light that can take us to any possible terrestrial planets in other galaxies that have been identified... Then maybe there is a real need for the "Star of Life".
If not, then a completely man-made Earth would at least be the ultimate in social experimentation – the opportunity granted to its human creators the opportunity to watch and document the evolution of life... And determine how close its history is to the history of the Earth itself. In terms of technical achievements, it will certainly be the greatest. This would happen if humans built planets.
By: Jugsotto Strasbourg, non-stop. , old dreams