Brian D Williams wrote:
> From: "O'Regan, Emlyn" <Emlyn.ORegan@actew.com.au>
>
> >Absolutely! Mars, no question. Space, the final frontier, these
> >are the voyages, etc. I've always wanted to go into space, and I
> >would definitely go to that Japanese resort on the moon.
>
> >Except I'm not colonist material. I'm a flabby office worker,--snip--
> >Mars would need paranoid survivalists, smart enough to adapt,
> >scientists maybe, but not the sort of people who missed their
> >creature comforts. They'd need to work well in groups, be happy
> >with no privacy, and have a high boredom threshold. Farmers?
> >Military people? Engineers? I don't know.
>
> Welcome to the list Emlyn, you might enjoy reading the Mars trilogy
> of Kim Stanley Robinson (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars).
>
> As to not being colonist material, you could become colonist
> material by adopting a good diet, state of the art
> vitamin/antioxident protocol, and plenty of exercise.
>
> These will serve you well just being on this planet (you are
> already a colonist, spaceship earth remember...).
Mike Lorrey