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To: Savage Beast
I'm beginning to feel kinda cramped

We all are. Like rats in a box.

We don't actually need planets to live in outer space. Think about it: If we can build starships that take 1000 years to get anywere, we will have essentially built our own worlds. Don't need planets, it's a lame excuse for staying on this backwater mudhole of a planet.

8 posted on 07/03/2002 9:17:19 AM PDT by RightWhale
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To: RightWhale
Hey! I kinda like this planet!

OTOH, I'd also like to see a few other worlds. Unfortunately, it's just too darn expensive to get there.

16 posted on 07/03/2002 9:29:50 AM PDT by john in missouri
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To: RightWhale
We don't actually need planets to live in outer space. Think about it: If we can build starships that take 1000 years to get anywere, we will have essentially built our own worlds.

I've read the asteroid belt has enough material to construct the equivalent of 1000 earths, if we make them hollow, live on the inside, and produce a simulated gravity through rotation.

43 posted on 07/03/2002 9:55:20 AM PDT by laredo44
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To: RightWhale
Maybe you're right. Do you suppose that's why so many people act like alpha-rats? They feel cramped?
44 posted on 07/03/2002 9:55:54 AM PDT by Savage Beast
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