>>13430474By UC 0079 with the exception of Mars both the Moon and Jupiter have populations as well as the Sides. However, the Colonies were put in space, and people from Earth pushed onto them, for the sake of relieving the Earth of its Human population.
Why would you act as if the Federation or Colony Corporation ever thought colonies would be dropped? This was an unheard of idea at the time. People make molotov cocktails out of gas and bottles, but you don't stop making them because of that.