Doug wrote: > In 20 years a Moon Colony will be established...
Hi Doug, and All, 20 years ago a lot of people believed: "In 20 years a Mars Colony will be established..." In Kubrick's 2001 we even made it to Jupiter, and its moon Europa in a shorter period of time. And look at where we are now - they (ESA, NASA, etc.) are even having big troubles in getting the ISS ready until 2010, not to speak about returning to the Moon :-( Don't get me wrong, I'd be the first to book a room in the Luna Hilton, and I perfectly agree that our future is out there... I'm just trying to be a bit more realistic ,-) > Just a few thoughts on the future from our snapshot in time. > And before ideologies change and we catch up to it... Yeap, ideologies and paradigms change pretty fast, these days... But, to come back to meteorites, I believe Martin is right - meteorites are a non-renewable resource. Maybe they might be recycleable up to some point, as you say, but just imagine that the number of collectors might double in a few years, and then again double in a few years more, etc., and all those tiny "stocks" we have now will be a drop lost in an ocean. Exponentially yours, Norbert ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
