But shouldn’t you rather take into account the tolerances of pregnant women and people younger than the age when one can be trained? If they can’t live on the planet, it can’t be colonized.
I’m not an expert in diving (I only dived once about 10m deep during holidays), but AFAIK the training (and the trouble) is mostly to handle the change in pressure, much more than the high pressure itself. Going from 1Am to 10Am is dangerous if done without respecting many safety measures, but once you’re adjusted at 10Am, it’s not so much a problem. So a child born on higher pressure wouldn’t have too much troubles. Maybe 10Am is too much, but I don’t think 1.5Am or 2Am would cause any serious trouble, if the composition of the atmosphere is good enough.
But shouldn’t you rather take into account the tolerances of pregnant women and people younger than the age when one can be trained? If they can’t live on the planet, it can’t be colonized.
I’m not an expert in diving (I only dived once about 10m deep during holidays), but AFAIK the training (and the trouble) is mostly to handle the change in pressure, much more than the high pressure itself. Going from 1Am to 10Am is dangerous if done without respecting many safety measures, but once you’re adjusted at 10Am, it’s not so much a problem. So a child born on higher pressure wouldn’t have too much troubles. Maybe 10Am is too much, but I don’t think 1.5Am or 2Am would cause any serious trouble, if the composition of the atmosphere is good enough.
That is quite interesting. I’ll ask my friends in human physiology department what they think about it and get back to you.