2009/2/26 archytas <[email protected]> > > Our current space vehicles > remind me someone of primitive spawning in plants - like a group of > algae forming a tower to boost one of their number from the surf to > the jet stream.
I think there's little point investing any money on manned space flight. The cost is too high and we -- being a short-lived species -- are not especially suited to travelling the enormous distances of our galaxy. Lovelock reckons certain countries (the UK, parts of Canada, New Zealand, etc) will effectively become life rafts for the human population. These countries would be broken down into super-high density cities and areas of intensive GM-farming (forget the current fixation about free-range chickens, my hippy friends). The borders of these countries, sadly, would need to be barricaded and policed to stop the unfortunates getting in. Ian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
