The need to conserve

From: spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Robert

> --- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, sraj wrote:
> >
> > Having even ten billion people living in solar space eventually
> > will be a great feat. We should also ask ourselves whether it would
be wise to use up all the mass of Ceres for
> > instance; I don't think we should tamper with the larger bodies in
the Solar System beyond a certain limit. For our
> > Moon I would say we should not tamper with its mass beyond 5%
(preferably 1%).
>
> and here i was hopeing to build a dyson sphere. lol

Some relevant lines from "Home on Lagrange" (to the tune of "Home on the
Range").

When we've run out of space,
For our burgeoning race,
No more lebensraum left for the mensch,
When we're ready to start,
We can take Mars apart,
If we can just find a big enough wrench.

Regards,

Mike Combs