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From: krueger@uiuccsb.UUCP
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Subject: Re: re: space colonization - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 5-Oct-83 22:36:38 EDT
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uiuccsb!krueger    Oct  5 19:37:00 1983

	There is at least one more difference between space and land: free
fall.  Certainly this can be a boon to some technologies, but the effects on
biological systems are not completely known (at least to me), especially in
long term stays.  Sure, people could live in a centrifuge, but how easy is
it to make such a gargantuan structure?  But don't get me wrong, I would be
very excited at the opportunity to live in space (I've already got ideas for
an orbiting swimming pool complete with upside-down diving board).

	On a related note, did those astronaut-ants that went up on one of
the recent shuttle missions really die of "old age?"  I seem to recall
hearing this on "Paul Harvey," but then, I hear a lot of things ...

					Jon Krueger
		  ...pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiuccsb!krueger