Futuof Space Colonization

Best current estimates is that world population will top out at under 10
billion within about twenty years -- without space colonization.

On Thursday, April 25, 2002, at 03:37 PM, Ed Schonert wrote:

> Hello-o-o-o is anybody out there-e-e-e?
>
> I maintain that within 50-100 years the earth's population will have
> topped out. That is the rate of emigration to live in the "tin cans"
> will start to exceed earth's population increase rate.
>
> Where will the money come from for such a venture?
>
> All we have to do is convince the investors that human nature has
> not changed since 16th thru 19th centuries. Families will still spend
> their life savings for passage & getting started in a new environment
> just like they did coming to Americas.
>
> Costs to operate & maintain a mass transit space shuttle + construction
> of the new space colonies + a handsome return to the owners will come
> from each emigrating family. Problem we face is how to enlighten
> the minds of the world's venture capitalists to these facts.
>
> Any ideas/comments? Ed S.
>

Space tourism could be our ticket to the stars. Save your pennies,
suborbital flights for $100,000 may start in 2005! See
http://www.spaceadventures.com/suborbital/index.html for details.

Al Globus
CSC at NASA Ames Research Center
http://www.nas.nasa.gov/~globus/home.html