Gravity allows traction (was Apologizing for the spinless moon)

Agreed. It's easy to create gravity (e.g., in a centrifuge) when you need it, for the separation of liquids or whatever. It's much harder to get rid of it when that is helpful to you (unless you're in an environment, e.g. orbit, where it's already minimal).

Michael McNeil

> Traction during surface locomotion is greater in an environment with
> higher gravity. Greater traction allows faster starting, stopping and
> course-corrrection. Higher gravity also means greater pour, and
> separation, speeds for liquids. Thus, industrial activity is easier at
> given speeds in higher-gravity environments, ceteris peribus. The higher
> the gravity, the faster the industry.

Nonsense.

(OK, fine: *mostly* nonsense.)

Best,
- Joe