Space development investment ( StarBound)

A very similar opinion was once expressed by a newsgroup poster. I thought his writing was sufficiently thought-provoking to want to include it on my site here: http://members.aol.com/oscarcombs/wannabe.htm

Regards,

Mike Combs

Yes, but the number of wealthy people you'll find on Guernsey will be small
in comparison with the number of wealthy people in and around London;
isn't that true?

The U.S.A. was settled by misfits, the persecuted, and those seeking
economic opportunity. I think it will be the same with the High Frontier.
The person from Sudan who is starving to death and has seen his family
massacred will see the possibility of living in space as an opportunity,
even if the conditions there might initially be considered "harsh" with
respect to living standards in the West. Those conditions won't be harsh
relative to Sudan standards. By contrast, someone who already owns a
hectare of land outside of Seattle and who enjoys hiking in the mountains,
fine coffee, and the opera might be less inclined to pack their bags in
order to move into a tin can for the rest of his/her life.

We in the U.S. routinely read in the papers of people who risk their lives
--- often losing them --- to cross the ocean to reach the States. One
generally doesn't risk one's own life for something unless that something
is quite good relative to that to which one is accustomed. I think that
ultimately the vast bulk of people who move to the High Frontier will be
poor, not rich. Initially, of course, only highly educated and trained
people will be able to go there. But in terms of its ultimate
**settlement**, the High Frontier will hold its greatest allure to those on
the bottom rung of the ladder.