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Article #8295Re: Space colonies
From: Kevin S. Van Horn
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1989 18:17
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1989 18:17
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In article <1989Jan18.160559.2021@cs.rochester.edu> dietz@cs.rochester.edu (Paul Dietz) writes: >[...] I consider it obvious that existing >technology is inadequate by orders of magnitude to the task of >building a space colony. According to my sources existing technology *is* more or less adequate to the task of building space colonies -- at least there are no "show-stoppers" --, it's just that they're not *affordable*. What's needed is cheaper space transportation, more experience working in space, and a good economic motive for building them. Kevin S. Van Horn
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ncis.llnl.gov!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!ucsd!orion.cf.uci.edu!elroy!cit-vax!kevin From: kevin@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Kevin S. Van Horn) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Space colonies Message-ID: <9162@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Date: 19 Jan 89 18:17:16 GMT References: <1989Jan18.160559.2021@cs.rochester.edu> Reply-To: kevin@cit-vax.UUCP (Kevin S. Van Horn) Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 13