Hi all, I am new to the list, but a long time fan of the ...... what do you call the Killer B's, now that you have inducted Vernor Vinge?
Has the list discussed what it will take to colonise the solar system in the past or is that too almost on topic? It seems to me any colonisation of space will be doomed while it is dependent on any more than token amounts of equipment manufactured on earth, and that with current technology it would take hundreds or perhaps thousands of missions to Mars say, before there would be much chance of building the infrastructure to bootstrap an independent technological civilization. Therefore, it seems to me that the colonisation of space something that is going to have to wait until the singularity starts to kick in. What do you all think? Regards, Wayne (I don't really feel maru enough to put maru in my message, but I will anyway maru) Eddy _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
