[ExI] Space settlement/was Re: Gold

[Mike Dougherty]

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 12:41 AM, Dan <dan_ust at yahoo.com> wrote:
> But we were talking about settlers -- not processing stuff. In other words,
> yes, it might be that asteroid mining happens via solid state only -- not
> humans (and no felids either). But do you if no humans will ever settle off
> world permanently?

Oh... in that case, I cite US history that settlement will be done by
the poor and criminals.

Actually, at what point in history has anything been done by anyone
other than the poor?  :p