Comments on: What Is It About Space, Anyway…? http://21stcenturywaves.com/2008/07/15/what-is-it-about-space-anyway/ TECHNOLOGY BOOMS AND HUMAN EXPANSION INTO THE COSMOS Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:23:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: James Rogers http://21stcenturywaves.com/2008/07/15/what-is-it-about-space-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-43 James Rogers Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:06:47 +0000 http://21stcenturywaves.com/blog/2008/07/15/what-is-it-about-space-anyway/#comment-43 "In fact, the last 200 years show that humans are clearly fascinated by Great Explorations whether they have obvious strategic value (e.g., Lewis & Clark) or whether they do not (e.g., Polar expeditions); and the same is true of Macro-Engineering Projects (MEPs)." I think that these kinds of explorations are likely to be performed by governments, while actual expansions are more likely to be taken on by private ventures in much the same way that North America and most of the remote islands of the world (including Australia et al) were first colonized by those we now call "natives." “In fact, the last 200 years show that humans are clearly fascinated by Great Explorations whether they have obvious strategic value (e.g., Lewis & Clark) or whether they do not (e.g., Polar expeditions); and the same is true of Macro-Engineering Projects (MEPs).”

I think that these kinds of explorations are likely to be performed by governments, while actual expansions are more likely to be taken on by private ventures in much the same way that North America and most of the remote islands of the world (including Australia et al) were first colonized by those we now call “natives.”

]]> By: space » Blog Archive » What Is It About Space, Anyway…? http://21stcenturywaves.com/2008/07/15/what-is-it-about-space-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-42 space » Blog Archive » What Is It About Space, Anyway…? Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:22:20 +0000 http://21stcenturywaves.com/blog/2008/07/15/what-is-it-about-space-anyway/#comment-42 [...] Lorrie Lynch . Excerpt: The July issue of one of my favorite journals — Journal of the British Interplanetary Society — has an elegant, deep, very theoretical article by Milan Cirkovic on the motives behind space colonization by advanced technological … [...] [...] Lorrie Lynch . Excerpt: The July issue of one of my favorite journals — Journal of the British Interplanetary Society — has an elegant, deep, very theoretical article by Milan Cirkovic on the motives behind space colonization by advanced technological … [...]

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