Paraterraforming vs. terraforming the Moon and Mars

Brad Walsh wrote:

> the bare facts of
> physics are that our machines will be our heirs, and our race to evolve
> to keep up with them will be futile. Post-human will mean non-human, and
> we better hope they like us enough to keep us around as they explore the
> galaxy.

Not necessarily. We'll probably upload ourselves [1], in which case the
machines will (IMHO) still be human.

But we're wandering pretty far off topic. My understanding of this list
is that it's about O'Neill-style space settlements comfortable for good
old-fashioned 20th-century humans.

Best,
- Joe

[1] http://www.ibiblio.org/jstrout/uploading/