Al Globus Mar 19

Arthur C. Clarke once wrote that new ideas pass through three periods:

"It can't be done."
"It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing."
"I knew it was a good idea all along!"

rehaulku@... wrote:
>
> Dear Al,
> I sometimes wonder that you are serious or joking.
> Space settlement problems were not solved.

Of course not, we've only worked on them a couple of decades with pretty
minor effort. Consider the effort that went into the colonization of
Europe (from Africa in prehistoric times). It probably took thousands
of years and killed perhaps millions of people. By comparison,
colonization of space is relatively easy and will involve very few
causualties. Also by comparison, the resources of space are at least 3-6
orders of magnitude greater than those of Europe.

> Everytime I read this e-
> group I checked out them again and again.
> We don't still know how to live 2 or more years in the space. Who
> must go? Or who can go? Or who wants to go? Psychologically or

Nobody must go. Out of 6 billion humans I think we'll find enough
volenteers.

> physiologically...
> Please do not say me I am this or that.
> Spacism means and needs 1.000 or more people. We don't have 100
> people.

A good 33% of the population say they would like to take a 2 week
vacation in space if it were cheap enough
(http://www.spacefuture.com/archive/general_public_space_travel_and_tourism.shtml#SUMMARY).
That's a good enough start.

> Please awake from your daydreams.

>From a famous 60s song:

"What a day for a daydream,
Custom made for a daydreamin' boy,
I've been lost in a daydream,
Dreamin' 'bout my bundle of joy."