from James Wilson spacetrader.net 02-01-09 May I suggest: Setting up cyberspace, societies, and model governments linked to potential spinning cities built ...
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"phileklund@..." phileklund@... Do you live in Southern California? I live just outside of San Francisco, but spent much of my youth there, and have...
We should also ask one of our law and polotics minded members to keep in contact or possibly join that forming government. If possibly it would be nice if they...
Thank you, Jan. EXOGLOBALISATION: "The extension of Earth's global economy going beyond the limits of the atmosphere, to form either a complementary trading...
Hello James, can you clarify?? By "military-industrial complex" funds, do you mean tax funds, or private funds? Am I, for instance (an employee of Raytheon)...
Just a question that crossed my mind Phil: That Extraatmospheric Kill Vehicle is kinetic, right? That means it cannot be an offensive weapon for anything on...
Why limit to the inner solar system. I believe over half the low gravity mass is in the orbits of Jupiter. Of course it will start in LEO, NEA, and will grow...
I am failing to explain my in-built assumptions again, Jim! My thinking was based on the limits of the current prototype technology we have been looking at,...
Good luck in Afrika, Ueli, The EKV uses the kinetic energy of a suborbital incoming missile to destroy itself. It itself does not have enough delta-v in its...
EXOGLOBALIZATION: "the diminution or elimination of state-enforced restrictions on exchanges across the Earth and extended to extraterrestrial resources and...
... Among honorable people, it would. But if say the Chinese (or any government) wish to try extortion i would willingly give them however many tons of...
I agree with Boyd.? If there is something valuable is created out there, there ought to be an armed institution (i.e., a government). Strong enough to defend...
... The article also mentions that there may be more of these types of asteroids out there. They may present resource rich targets that are rather close to...
Jan, Been pushing this ahead of me all the time, and now before going to crash after a day of weird negotiations I might just make it: Responding to your...
Boyd, Knowing you, the Chinese would take you out in orbit even before you got to aiming your tons of asteroid material. They have the means to do that, as...
Folks, A blob of rubble hurtling past Earth in a close miss is not a NEA. Near in space has little to do with distance, but rather with Delta V. A blob of...
OK, citizens of external space, the devil's advocate says: How much tax as a proportion of corporate earnings is everyone willing to pay in order to fund a...
 Sounds like you are having a very busy trip, Ueli............... Will add to your points as they arise: ... * 'Sails' was a good analogy though, even if...
Ueli, You ask how to set up a public institution called the government. I do not fully know the answers to your worthy question. It is open for discussion. But...
Some notes on progress: -- A modular vehicle with plug-together units based on a hexagonal space-frame module. -- Shown here in a full-up configuration ie:...
Ok, question. If I get up there and find an asteroid, homestead and exploit it, would i then be able to set up any government or no government, as I chose. ...
Boyd, Science fiction writers have looked at these issues and consistently seem to have come up to the same conclusion: Either you have the guns, or means to...
Aero capture saves so much in fuel. I believe we will find it is better to do much smaller packages that will not panic others. Each package must have its own...
The Chinese scenario may not be as much of a problem once we can shield the setup with large amount of iron and other asteroid material. I agree stay friends...
The Chinese scenario may not be as much of a problem once we can shield the setup with large amount of iron and other asteroid material. I agree stay friends...
It takes dedicated people, and money helps. They USIS is working on this. The organization needs checks and balances, and it works better if open and is free...
The former is an NEA, but it not a practical one. If we get on the former with all the mining equipment, load the packages, with heat shield before it gets to...
Hello Boyd, This is a good question. Part of the constitution must be to enforce contracts.  If a person does not live up to their word, then this is a type...
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