New Space Settlement image

Dr. Omni, etal.,

Comfort is a key question, along with adaptability. I suspect that only about one out of 1000 are suitable for life on a space colony, especially if this is a one-way trip. Most are quite happy on earth, you see. Being a pioneer in space will present hardships for the first few generations.

I can imagine a colony being sponsored by individuals who may purchase one or more shares of ownership that can be marketed when they leave/retire. The value of a share would increase over the individual's lifetime, and could be passed from parent to child.
Initially, an individual who purchases a founding share may elect not to travel to the colony but to instead remain on earth where their investment can be viewed as a point of light.
Naturally, decisions about operation would be made by an elected board of share holders.

Comments? Any better ideas for financing once the cost of LEO is reduced substantially?

Cheers,

Tom
From: Dr. Omni
To: spacesettlers@egroups.com
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: [spacesettlers] Re: New Space Settlement image

From: "Combs, Mike"
To:
Sent: Tera-feira, 19 de Dezembro de 2000 15:12
Subject: RE: [spacesettlers] Re: New Space Settlement image

[snikt]
> I agree with your thinking. Many Europeans might be comfortable in a
Bernal
> Sphere, but most Americans and others used to a little bit more distance
> between neighbors probably wouldn't settle for anything less than an
O'Neill
> Cylinder.
>

Personally, I think that I would be happy even in a station made of
discarded shuttle fuel tanks. For some reason, in Brazil most of middle
class people live in apartment buildings 3 to 30 stories high (e.g., I live
in a 50 m^2 apartment in a 8th floor), and poor people often live in
overcrowded slums; also, while American cities are usually built in flat
lands, many Brazilian cities (like mine) are built on mountains, and that
also contributes to shorten and concentrate our urban horizons. I remember
that some newer (and therefore more sprawl-like) American cities, like
Orlando, seemed very unpractical for me, with too many open spaces and too
long distances. (Plus a horrible lack of sidewalks...) On the other hand,
older cities like Philadelphia and New York have an urban density closer to
what I like.

The point is: feeling bad or good in a tiny space is just a matter of
culture. I doubt that there will be no space colonization just because
people would refuse to live in crowded rotating cans in space. I think that
even an American from, let say, New York, would feel good in a Bernal
sphere...

> Regards,
>

Regards,

> Mike Combs

Lucio Coelho

Comfort is a key question, along with adaptability. I suspect that only about one out of 1000 are suitable for life on a space colony, especially if this is a one-way trip. Most are quite happy on earth, you see. Being a pioneer in space will present hardships for the first few generations.

I can imagine a colony being sponsored by individuals who may purchase one or more shares of ownership that can be marketed when they leave/retire. The value of a share would increase over the individual's lifetime, and could be passed from parent to child.
Initially, an individual who purchases a founding share may elect not to travel to the colony but to instead remain on earth where their investment can be viewed as a point of light.
Naturally, decisions about operation would be made by an elected board of share holders.

Comments? Any better ideas for financing once the cost of LEO is reduced substantially?

Cheers,

Tom
From:
Dr. Omni
To:
spacesettlers@egroups.com
Sent:
Thursday, December 21, 2000 7:17 PM
Subject:
Re: [spacesettlers] Re: New Space Settlement image
From: "Combs, Mike" <
mikecombs@...
>
To: <
spacesettlers@egroups.com
>
Sent: Tera-feira, 19 de Dezembro de 2000 15:12
Subject: RE: [spacesettlers] Re: New Space Settlement image
[snikt]
> I agree with your thinking. Many Europeans might be comfortable in a
Bernal
> Sphere, but most Americans and others used to a little bit more distance
> between neighbors probably wouldn't settle for anything less than an
O'Neill
> Cylinder.
>
Personally, I think that I would be happy even in a station made of
discarded shuttle fuel tanks. For some reason, in Brazil most of middle
class people live in apartment buildings 3 to 30 stories high (e.g., I live
in a 50 m^2 apartment in a 8th floor), and poor people often live in
overcrowded slums; also, while American cities are usually built in flat
lands, many Brazilian cities (like mine) are built on mountains, and that
also contributes to shorten and concentrate our urban horizons. I remember
that some newer (and therefore more sprawl-like) American cities, like
Orlando, seemed very unpractical for me, with too many open spaces and too
long distances. (Plus a horrible lack of sidewalks...) On the other hand,
older cities like Philadelphia and New York have an urban density closer to
what I like.
The point is: feeling bad or good in a tiny space is just a matter of
culture. I doubt that there will be no space colonization just because
people would refuse to live in crowded rotating cans in space. I think that
even an American from, let say, New York, would feel good in a Bernal
sphere...
> Regards,
>
Regards,
> Mike Combs
Lucio Coelho