Question about production numbers

Oh contraire my friend... we already know that poor nutrition directly relates to one's teeth falling out, eye muscles weakening creating poor vision, high blood pressure, diabetes 2, strokes, aching joints, nausea and more...

Why would we not intellectually surmise that a diminished artificial nutrient level below what we presently practice (which is causing our deteriorating condition) would IMPROVE our health rather than speed up it's demise?

The heroes of Chernobyl were the aircraft pilots who flew in and dumped material to bury the hot reactor, knowing that they would die within days from radiation. They knew they were not taking a risk...they were committing certain suicide.

We also have the biosphere project to get data regarding sustainable environment.

I guess the first pioneers will be young , dumb and full of 'um, vigor! Bullet proof who will shake off the boogey man and know that it won't happen to them...
My concern is what happened to my ancestors from Scotland when they tried to colonize the Darien area of Panama, a failure that brought down the Bank of England and may have directly been responsible for the enslavement Scotland for generations after that.

:-(

You may very well be right. We often don't act intelligently...

Famous last words before something REALLY stupid happens...
" hey look at what I can do...!"

:-))

Lets make the move to Space sustainable and not a short lived adventure for the history books. I would hate that the memory of this endeavor be reduced to a naming a few highschools in memoriam, and some dusty plaque somewhere....

From: Lucio de Souza Coelho
To: spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: [spacesettlers] Re: Question about production numbers

On 6/14/05, panamabob@...
wrote:
> Yea, in theory, but if you are faced with a guaranteed fore-shortened life span, aches, pains, teeth falling out, eyes failing and just general sickness and malaise, would one STILL be so gung-ho for long term commitment to the lifestyle?
>
> :-)
(...)

Since we would be the first ones, we wouldn't know about falling teeth
and stuff. :-)