StarBound Alliance

One major goal of space manufacturing should be to
eventually out-produce earth-based industries in
manufacturing of materials and all other
heavy-industry based on earth. The idea of outer
space industries out producing most earth-based
industries could very easily become a reality, and
would without a doubt solve many problems on earth
itself, not to mention making outer space extremely
rich. If things work out well (in the way described
below), then this proposal could get anyone interested
in investing in outer space, because almost all
industrial and energy production will occur there. I
can imagine people leaving Earth simply because there
is so little money to be made there. Earth would
probably remain mostly agricultural, producing food
for the masses that benefit off of SSP and space
industry. Art and philosophy and some of the things
Gerard O'Neill proposed for a society without woes or
major scientific curiosities could occur, like
research into the workings of human consciousness.

On a side note, if space is controlled by Earth
governments it is very likely that these governments
would prohibit space industrialization to a certain
extent because of their fear space industry would
out-produce earth industry. Yet another reason why
space needs its own governing body.

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> In a message dated 4/15/01 7:14:05 AM,
> ssi_list@... writes:
>
> << Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 14:51:42 -0000
>
> I have been kicking around an idea for some time. I
> just signed up
> to this group (I subscribed briefly a few weeks ago,
> but the traffic
> was more than I could maintain). The following is
> just a rough
> outline of the idea, but I was interested in getting
> some feedback
> before pusuing the idea any further.
>
> If anyone has any suggestions or any interest in
> helping me, please
> let me know. I don't have a PhD in Aerospace
> Engineering, I don't own
> my own space development company, and I am not rich.
> I just want to
> do what I can to make space commerce common. All
> suggestions and
> comments are welcomed and encouraged.
>
> Jack >>
>
> Jack,
>
> This is one of good ideas I have seen and there's a
> LOt out there.
>
> Since I join the space colonization movenment few
> months back, I noticed that
> the biggest problem is not Moon or Mars, LEO launch
> cost or such. It's
> capital. So after thinking on it, I came up with
> few ideas that I want to
> take to my National Space Society chapter in NYC.
>
> 1. Start an investment club within our chapter.
> Investment clubs require
> little work (mainly studying the health of stocks
> and exchanging information
> on making better money). Peter Lynch in "Beating
> the Street" pointed out
> that the investment clubs beat the S&P Index by 20%
> on average. The reason
> is simple, The funds are required by Securities
> rules to limit any large
> holdings in particular stock to 4%, so they can't
> put as many money as they
> like in stocks with excellent value. Also, the fund
> manager must manage
> thousands of stocks listed on single spaced page the
> can fill 4 yellow pages,
> so the best pickers just can't put in as much time
> into good research on
> companies and must depends on growing stable of
> researcher who may or may not
> be good. Investment clubs, on other hand, have no
> limits on putting money
> into some favored stocks and all members study two
> or three stocks and report
> on them at their monthy meetings.This way they can
> find stocks with great
> value and pour as many money as they can in to those
> few stocks. Beside,
> they also enjoy making new friends and teaching each
> other. An investment
> club that invests money with long term goal of
> creating capital for space
> colonization can help bring our future closer to
> today. Repeat the clubs many
> times over and quite a lot of money can be created
> in few years.
>
> 2. Start a special space group for people in
> investment business. My NSS is
> in NYC and I want to suggest create a special
> outreach to the bankers and
> stock brokers so that they can be exposed to new
> ideas of using space
> resources, and they are ALWAYs looking for ways to
> creating more assets.
>
> 3. Start the Near Earth Development Bank. Think
> about those special banks
> that specialized in Far East or such, and you will
> have the model for our new
> bank. This bank will formed by people with deep
> pockets and with deep
> commitment to creating business in near earth space.
> They will be two groups
> within. One will be the main money men who sit on
> board of directors and
> second group will be tech-science experts who
> peer-review the business plans
> for any flaw in science or engineering. The Bank
> will seperate the good from
> bad before much money is wasted and they will
> provide the loans to good
> companies to fund their plans
>
> 4. Capture a NEA and bring it into HEEO. This
> asteroid will provide many
> things. First, it will be the first space colony
> from inside out in which
> reasearch can be made in mining, manufacting and
> growing food. Second, It
> will provide minerals for industralization. Three,
> it will be the first
> space industral plant. Fourth, it will provide a
> goal for LEO ships to reach
> to in same day, therefore increasing the pressure to
> build the first
> successful flight. Fifth, it will provide a easy
> and cheap access to moon
> thanks to it's outstreached orbit from few miles
> above earth at one point and
> few miles from moon at other point. Lastly, it can
> become a traveling hotel
> in manner of Savage's green asteroid.
>
> Carl Mullin
>
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