<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>Jeff Davis wrote:<br></span></div><div><span>< ...For those embarking on<br>< the trip, transitioning to a life in interstellar space is the goal,<br>< rather than the destination. If the resources for such a life-style<br>< are abundant in the asteroid belt, Oort cloud, and Kuiper belt, then<br>< gravity-well-independent life should take off, both within the local<br>< system and in the vast shrinking interval beyond.</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>My view exactly - traveling to the stars is no goal. The valuable</span></div><div><span>resources are the cold low-g ice bodies and resources which</span></div><div><span>populate the space between the stars.</span></div><div><span><br>Dennis May</span></div><div><br><br></div></div></body></html>