Personally I do feel man will colonize space but not in the day dream of far off planets,
but rather in man made worlds with artificially created gravity using centrifugal force. It or they will be totally self contained and not dependent on others but there will be more than one unit. in all likely hood they operate in the asteroid belt and the ort area on the outer edge of solar system Allan On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 9:47 AM, ornamentalmind <[email protected]>wrote: > > “…In my view, our ultimate success/survival in a serious biological > time-frame may well be dependent on our ability to spread beyond > planet Earth before we make it uninhabitable for ourselves.” – fran > > Yes fran this is a common view. I would add a couple of my own > associated views to yours: > 1. It doesn’t appear that ‘we’ will be able to spread beyond planet > Earth . . . at least, not as a species that can fully support > its existence independently. > 2. ‘We’ do not currently have the resources nor the will to make a > full attempt at colonization of other worlds, even IF we found one. > 3. ‘We’ could not take a large enough set of genes on such an > imaginary trip. > 4. ‘We’ would have to change enormously here on earth to even have a > chance at any of the above. > 5. Since ‘we’ do not have the clarity nor wisdom to keep our home > (earth) habitable, it follows that those who would go elsewhere would > take the same ignorance with them resulting in polluted living > conditions everywhere. > > -- ( ) I_D Allan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
