How to get to 10 trillion people in this solar system?

many claim that the expense of bringing up kids in the western societies, i.e. college, cars, etc, is expensive and the family can not afford the luxury of many kids...

Although I'm not talking from personal experience, considering my sex and all, but having 4 kids and a respectively intelligent wife interested in many things outside of just me (hard to believe that's possible) I don't think that the 3-5 months of pregnancy "hardships" that most endure is beyond being an issue to NOT be pregnant. Thankfully females have a selective memory core that "forgets" and curses or promises "NEVER" to go through this again... the waddling, the constant peeing, etc.

So I think that's a non issue.
From: Al Globus
To: spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [spacesettlers] How to get to 10 trillion people in this solar system?

At 11:07 AM 5/23/2006, you wrote:
>with additional appliances and baby watching systems to make caring for
>kids easier, there may be a gradual change back to wanting the luxury of
>offspring.

First, no amount of baby appliances will eliminate pregnancy -- which is a
major issue. Second, offspring are not a luxury to those societies that
wish to survive any significant length of time.