Human Behavior in Space

Michael,

I think that water would be preferable to slag, especially since it
provides natural shielding from UV and provides soft light for plants
as well as humans.

I am inclined toward building upon both O'Neil and Savage's ideas.
O'Neil recognizes the need for gravity, and Savage the need for steps
here on earth in order to fund and prepare the technologies for space
colonization. His idea of using lasers in combination with
electromagnets in a vacuum tube have merrit and are worth analysis.

We simply must achieve a break through to LEO if we are ever to
colonize space. We must also recognize the need for many thousands of
people living in ocean based colonies that are dedicated toward
breaking away from earth in order to fund the effort. Waiting for
NASA is a fools errend IMO. The ocean colonies are ideal for adaption
since people who get cold feet can row back to shore :-)

Cheers,

Tom

--- In spacesettlers@egroups.com, "Combs, Mike"
> From: rehaulku@h... [mailto:rehaulku@h...]
>
> Human in the space is very different than human on the mother
planet
> Earth. We have seen that astronauts and cosmonots have lived many
> problems in the space in the last 40 years. Nobody says how to
solve
> them.
> I would like to discuss about philosophy and psychology of space
> settlements.
>
> One of the advantages I think of following the O'Neill plan is that
many of
> these problems are solved. The deleterious effects of 0-G are
solved via
> spin gravity. The problem of cosmic-ray particles is solved by slag
> shields. People would live in wide open spaces in groups of 10,000
or more,
> bathed in sunlight, and surrounded by greenery. I think these
would solve