Super-habitats

the problem with self repliacting robots is that is all they build.

Im thinking of things that could be built now, with the technology
that we have now, that we can use now. Until we have more places to
get food and stuff, we really cant live much longer without starving
the population off or stop having children. Neither is a good idea.
so waiting until we have a lifespan of a thousand years will not be
of much use if we cant feed the population explosion that would
cause. We need to do it the other way around, get the places for
food and homes, then extend our life span. And, quite frankly, (imho)
we need it soon.

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "Lucio de Souza Coelho"
wrote:
>
> On 9/5/06, joe@... wrote:
> (...)
> > Also, I don't think we can speak with such assurance about how
long it
> > will take to build things in the future. A very large structure
can be
> > built quickly if lots of identical construction units are used.
For
> > example, if the unit is 5 miles wide, that's only 250 square
miles.
> > Assume you have 250 construction (robot) teams; each one only
has to
> > build one square mile. Would that really take them decades? It
seems