(October 28, 2014 at 5:19 pm)Alice Wrote: We have no sure thing as far as colonial prospects go. We get a sure thing, and perhaps some corporation or government will want to tap the 'unspoiled riches' of the 'new earth'.
If we ever do get a nearly-sure thing, I'd bet that there would be significant competition to see who will get there first, particularly amongst the captains of industry.
With more money than you could spend in a thousand lifetimes, combined with the ambition that such people almost invariably possess, who amongst them would be able to resist the possibility of claiming an entire world?
