It appears that Interstellar inadvertently vindicated

On Nov 20, 2014, at 7:40 PM, Christopher Davidson cdmitridavidson@...m [spacesettlers] wrote:

> Could we develop technology that shipped first hundreds of thousands, then tens of millions, into space settlements, and gave them decent lives?

No ones going to give anyone anything. Settlers will take care of themselves, thank you very much.

> This is a question that has plagued me ever since I started following this community. Can we have a New York, a Los Angeles, a London in space?

We cant start that big. Eventually we want large cities like those mentioned, but not at first. Too hard. An important question, in fact, is What is the smallest size settlement that will be a great place to live? The answer to which depends a lot on what the prospective settlers are accustomed to.
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Could we develop technology that shipped first hundreds of thousands, then tens of millions, into space settlements, and gave them decent lives?
No ones going to give anyone anything. Settlers will take care of themselves, thank you very much.
This is a question that has plagued me ever since I started following this community. Can we have a New York, a Los Angeles, a London in space?
We cant start that big. Eventually we want large cities like those mentioned, but not at first. Too hard. An important question, in fact, is What is the smallest size settlement that will be a great place to live? The answer to which depends a lot on what the prospective settlers are accustomed to.