The Little Guy or How You Can Help Colonize Space

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Dan Wylie-Sears wrote:
> We definitely don't need magical nanites that get exempted from the
> laws of thermodynamics because the plot calls for a magic wand that
> does X.

Oh indeed - when I mentioned biotech and nanotech, I meant the
versions that might realistically have a chance of being developed in
the foreseeable future, not the magical sf versions :)

> As for what we can do, I think the biggest is just spreading
> awareness of some ideas that are pretty rudimentary to most of us
> here but seem like rocket science to the not-paying-attention general
> public.

That's a good idea too. For example, alternative energy sources are
big enough news these days that it's probably an opportune time to
point out the potential of solar power satellites.