From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Sun Feb 17 2002 - 19:16:11 MST
Mike Lorrey wrote:
> Its fairly simple: a spaceship is going to be the most space, energy,
> and mass restrictive habitat that humans have ever
> encountered and will
> thus require that the crew be planned to operate by the most stable
> social structures humans have evolved for. T'ain't no welfare moms in
> space.
>
Uh, are you proposing a capitalist economy on board the generation ship?
-- Well, maybe you'd want all women + sperm banks? Of course, the whole generation ship thing looks pretty silly really, excepting if it is an end in itself. If the people on board actually want to live in space, and arrival at the destination planet is incidental to them, then it makes some more sense. Sometimes I think that might be cool, but then I wake up to myself. Emlyn *************************************************************************** Confidentiality: The contents of this email are confidential and are intended only for the named recipient. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any use, reproduction, disclosure or distribution of the information contained in the e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please reply to us immediately and delete the document. Viruses: Any loss/damage incurred by using this material is not the sender's responsibility. Our entire liability will be limited to resupplying the material. No warranty is made that this material is free from computer virus or other defect.
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