<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span><div>On Monday, May 27, 2013 10:39 AM Mike Dougherty <msd001@gmail.com> wrote:</div><div>> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 12:41 AM, Dan <dan_ust@yahoo.com> wrote:</div><div>>> But we were talking about settlers -- not processing stuff. In other</div><div>>> words, yes, it might be that asteroid mining happens via solid state</div><div>>> only -- not humans (and no felids either). But do you if no humans</div><div>>> will ever settle off world permanently?</div><div><br></div><div>By the way, that should have been:</div><div><br></div><div>"But do you believe no humans will ever settle off world permanently?"</div><div><br></div><div>> Oh... in that case, I cite US history that settlement will be done</div><div>> by the poor and
criminals.</div><div><br></div><div>And?</div><div><br></div><div>> Actually, at what point in history has anything been done by anyone</div><div>> other than the poor? :p</div><div><br></div><div>I'm not sure that's so, but so?</div></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "> </div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Regards,<br><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Dan<br> See my SF short story "Residue":<br>http://www.amazon.com/Residue-ebook/dp/B00BS3T0RM/ -- US<br>http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00BS3T0RM -- UK<br>http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00BS3T0RM -- Canada </div></div></body></html>