Technotranscendence wrote:
>
> Anders Sandberg asa@nada.kth.se wrote:
> > While I strongly support space colonisation both to ensure human
> > survival in a likely turbulent future and promote human exploration
> > and diversity, it is currently not very economic. It needs to be that
> > before we will see any large scale colonies.
>
> I am much of the same mind here. But I also think the high cost of space
> transport now has a lot to do with the inefficient way in which government
> transportation operations work. Lowering the cost of transport is at least
> one major factor in lowering the overall cost of human survival in space.
> (Also, if transport costs became superlow, then survival costs would
> likewise plummet. I mean if it cost next to nothing to move supplies to
> space, even extant life support systems could be used for long term
> exploration and settlement of space.:)
Perzackly. That's why I'm working for Xcor, and why I worked for
RotRock.
-- Doug Jones Rocket Plumber, XCOR Aerospace http://www.xcor-aerospace.com
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