Human Behavior in Space

--- In spacesettlers@egroups.com, tntucker@c... wrote:
>

> 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 :-)
>

There is a fallacy in the logic that Savage has. First there is no
need to tie ocean colonies to space exploration. In fact if you wanted
financing for an ocean colony, your best bet is not to tie it to space
colonization in any way.