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rampartd

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4. who would go?

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Tue Dec 24, 2024, 03:41 AM

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anyone there becomes totally dependent upon supplies from earth, pretty much like the 17th century colonists in jamestown who were eating each other when the ships were no show.

i'd go as a military/government expedition maybe, but as a private enterprise , dependent on earthly billionaires, no.

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