[ExI] Why no space colonies or lunar bases? was Mooon.

[Stefano Vaj]

On 23 July 2011 04:27, David Lubkin <lubkin at unreasonable.com> wrote:

> I would be very dubious about a space elevator on this planet.
> There are too many loons who'd want to destroy it, and too
> much uncertainty about what would happen if they tried.
>

I especially have doubts that the science of materials may ever deliver a
fiber capable of operating it.

But this is one more reason why we should be wary of keeping all our eggs on
this planets forever.

-- 
Stefano Vaj
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