Time-scales Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: Time-scales
# 4036 byaglobus@... on Sept. 10, 2003, 6:03 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
On Tuesday, September 9, 2003, at 01:10 PM, orionaut wrote:
> wrote:
>
>> I'm sure there are those who encourage Libertarians to buy up lots
>> of contiguous land (colony) all move there, and start their own
>> society. Why isn't it happening?
>
> Because there is no square millimeter of usable land upon this planet
> that is not claimed by one State or another.
>
By treaty, Antarctica is not claimed by any country. While living in
Antarctica is tough, it's not impossible.
The dinosaurs were destroyed by an asteroid because they weren't
space-faring. It's almost as if Gaia then thought "Well, dinosaurs
worked pretty well, but space-faring is necessary. Maybe I'll should
try mammals this time." Humanity is now developing systems to detect
and deflect asteroids, and could build orbital space colonies to spread
beyond Earth to insure life would survive a planetary catastrophe.
Al Globus
CSC at NASA Ames Research Center
http://www.nas.nasa.gov/~globus/home.html
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