From: James Swayze (swayzej@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Feb 16 2000 - 22:10:01 MST
Technotranscendence wrote:
> It would still take a long time for the atmosphere to seep away and one
> could always continue to replenish it.
Ok, I buy that. It makes sense. Thanks to everyone for informing me.
> > Don't get me wrong I want
> > us to go there and I feel we could live there.
>
> Why? I don't want to spend time near so much gravity.:) I would prefer a
> free floating existence -
Sounds like fun. Bound to get boring after a while. Probably have some
dilitarious effects on ones bones and heart and a host of other things, but
don't take my word for it.
> - or one inside a hollowed out asteroid.
Let's do that too. In fact let's do that first! I've always contended that we
need to finance both Moon and Mars colonization with asteroid mining first.
> I'd prefer to roam over staying on some world for thousands of years or
> more. I've already been there, done that,
Que? Been there, done that? "Splain Lucy!" ;)
> It's kind of cute how a lot of people want to move into space only to
> recreate Earth.
Well, Earth is THE environment we are, so far, adapted to. One reason might be
we are running--scratch that--HAVE run out of space. Unfortunately the archain
ideologies that support overpopulation don't appear to be abating any time soon.
We might have an overpopulation "singularity" soon if we're not careful.
> You can read my essay on space colonization at my site. It's probably not a
> tenth as good as Zubrin's book -- heck, it's much, much shorter -- but it's
> only a few mouse-clicks away.:)
I'll check it out.
James
-- "Quod de futuris non est determinata omnino veritas" NOSTRADAMUS 15TH Century
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