Introduction

--- In spacesettlers@egroups.com, "AxiMaxi " wrote:

Welcome and salutations from the antipodes,

> Actually I was looking for an eGroup on the musical duo Orbital,
but
> somehow I ended up subscribing to this group. Space settling looks
> quite interesting to me.

The wonders of the internet but I'm please that it looks interesting,
that's why we post. Of course the concept is not a new one, putting
aside older mythology there was a story from the 1800's (sorry, I
can't remember who wrote it) about a small brick building that was
launched into orbit with a group of people accidentally onboard, we
are just a little more up to date.

> Recently I joined a group called The Intelligentsia Network, which
> is a network of futurists. We discuss anything that is considered
> futuristic, be it art, technology, society or whatever.
>
> Visit this site for more info on Intelligentsia and The
> Intelligentsia Network: http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~ummo

I've had a look.

> The concept of space settlement fits right into our ideas of
future,
> but most members of the group hope it is possible to 'heal' the
> world also, by controlling polution, birth, diseases etc.

"Healing" the world, a worthy concept but I have seen a good many
strange ideas come from it although mostly from people I don't think
would fit in with anybody calling themselves a futurist, they usually
want to turn the clock back, not forward. A mature, expanding space
based culture could do a lot to control such things as pollution and
population (and populations other face poverty).

> About me personal: I am 27 years old and live in Rotterdam, The
> Netherlands. I am a civil engineer in roads, sewers and residential
> estate constructions.

Let me see, I'm 40 yrs old and live in Canberra Australia, and work
for the government in IT.

Darren Brown
Canberra Australia.