Human Behavior in Space

tntucker@... wrote:
. We must also recognize the need for many thousandsof
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 :-)

While I think ocean colonies are very cool, I don't think they will makemuch difference for space colonization. Ocean colonists will probablyhave their own concerns and be about as interested in space as their land-livingcounterparts, maybe a little more, but not much.
Al Globus
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