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Article #7553Re: future space travel
From: rabjab
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 00:46
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 00:46
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In article <19463@mindlink.bc.ca> Nick_Janow@mindlink.bc.ca (Nick Janow) writes: >Who needs a gravity well (otherwise known as planet)? The entire solar >system could be colonized. All you really need is raw materials and energy, >and those exist in convenient packages out in the solar system. >Do you have to have a planet under you just because your parents did? Let >your imagination roam... :) While it's fun to let imagination roam, I don't think it necessarily follows that all dreams translate into reality. Imagineers (Gerard O'Neill, Robert Forward, and many others), can create an interesting universe on paper, but I wonder which of their musings will come to pass. I don't question their expertise in matters related to physical law and engineering practice. However, I do question the stated economics of the plans of an Imagineer. The Imagineer is a salesman, and as such, underestimates costs for projects. And because the dreams of an Imagineer cost billions of dollars to even start, he has to involve himself and others in the political process, that grand arena of diminished truthfulness. -rabjab
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