Perceptual violence

--- In spacesettlers@y..., "spike" wrote:
> --- In spacesettlers@y..., arlin@m... wrote:
> > Evolution still works.
>
> It sure does. And some of us are planning to give it a hand up.
>
> Recently posted at
> on the subject of eugenics-oriented space settlements:
>
> [Many suggestions for an Oneill settlement]
> ...medical nano, even the geneng motherlode itself...?

ALL nano. The best way to get enough mass into orbit quickly
and cheaply may be Lunar microbots which feed a molecular beam
epitaxy unit to make more microbots which build a solar-powered
magentic rail launcher. The habitat could *stay* in lunar
orbit, or a cyclotron could be built around it which would
accelerate it to a nearby star. Since the energy costs of
sending a city *and* sufficient biosphere-environment to
support it would be stupendous, you want a *minimum* number
of people; perhaps less than 50. Without a genetic-engineering
lab along, this would be an extinction-level genetic pinch.
Artificial insemination is neccessary for star travel!

Yours, Arlin