Re: Historical comparisons

On 25 Feb 2006 20:02:25 -0800, in a place far, far away,
alexandersheppard@xxxxxxxxxxx made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:

Obviously one industry turned out fairly sucessful
while the other died a slow lingering death. Or perhaps you think a
totally differant historical scenario is appropriate, or none at all.
Thoughts?

The problem is that there are really no historical analogies, given
that the world has grown so much richer with the end of the dominance
of the socialist paradigm, and the acceleration of technology. What
many will want is experiences, and they'll be willing and able to pay
for them. That means that space travel will have a large market.

I don't really think the experience of zero gravity is going to drive a
great wave of expansion.

Neither do I. Nice plump strawman, though.

The reality is that space is just an
inhospitable enviornment for human beings. It will never make a lot of
economic sense to bring too many humans there;

That's not "the reality." It's merely your (uninformed) opinion.

Millions of humans disagree with you, if market research is any guide.
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