Monitoring

Perhaps Mars may be a very hard place to colonize, but near earth
space colonies can be made as close to earthlike conditions as
possible. I don't see any reason why Joe Average can't live in a space
colony. In fact I expect for a well functioning colony to have many
people who do the mundane jobs that keep society working.

Bill

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, sraj wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> It is really doubtful that colonization of space will progress in
the same way as colonization of America. A person from Europe or China
or India can migrate to USA and feel more or less at home there. This
will not be the case when an Earthling tries to migrate to one of the
space colonies; the difference in gravity, the scenery, the required
lifestyle will 'do him in', and more likely than not he will catch the
first shuttle back home.
>
> It is more likely that space will be colonized by people who
consider it as home, those who have no idea what Earth is like. So
Space is going to remain forever alien to Earthlings. The question of
Earthlings ruling any colony will not arise since it is unlikely that
they will have any desire to rule it. Much like humans trying to rule
the world under the sea - a tough task indeed!
>
> So a good way to put colonization of space on a fast track is to do
it bottoms up rather than top-downwards. What we should do is select
four married couples - without kids - to be the first pioneers. The
couples will have to be selected very carefully, they must be tough,
independent, resourceful, scientifically well trained. Probably one
out of 10,000 humans may qualify the psychological test...... If the
idea is to start the colony on Mars; get them there, give them the
basic necessities (no five star facilities please), have the necessary
evacuation plan in place so that they can be evacuated in case of a
dire emergency: leave them to fend for themselves, with technical
support, of the type they ask for from time to time to be provided
from Earth. What will they do there? Nothing fancy, they will do what
migrating people have always done on Earth. Mainly grow the food to
feed themselves, expand their dwelling, bring up families, etc.
>
> Such a plan will be cheaper, since it will build up from a basic
minimum, depending more on the ingenuity of the pioneers for success.
It will also have the element of daring and romance to garner public
support.
>
> Selvaraj.
>
> From: Bill
> To: spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 3:32 AM
> Subject: [spacesettlers] Re: Monitoring
>
> >
> > If, however, a space liner is out of the question because of such
> > securety measures as you think might be implemented, then, being a
> > desparate nutty guy bent on destruction, you might go for an old
> > Apollo-like buggy and just parachute the nasty package, right?
> >
> > But it seems at the start the asteroids might pose a greater risk
> > than the nukes don't you think?
> >
> > My guess is that developing a nuke device would probably take a bit
> > longer than learning how to maneuver an asteroid.
> >
>
> I think everyone is really missing a point here. Its not the crazies
> the governments of earth have to worry about, its the legitamate
> authorities. After fifty or sixty years of rule from Earth, renegade
> colonies might decide to form their own United States of Space, and
> when the people who will lose trillions through confiscation, or
> destruction will have nothing to threaten a colony that can bomb earth
> to the stone age because it controls space, while the earth
> authorities will be unable to get the missles off the ground.
>
> Every colony the human race has ever created has revolted. The space
> colonies being completely independant, and completely invulnerable,
> while controlling weapons that could make the human race extinct would
> become very powerful very quickly over shadowing the earth
governments.
>
> Bill
>
Service.