Re: Why Elon Musk Sees 1 Million People on Mars by the 2040s
"Jim Wilkins" <[email protected]>
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"Daniel70" wrote in message news:[email protected]... .... and then Jim Wilkins posted a link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_gauge_in_Australia about the various Rail Gauges in Australia due to each of the former Colonies not wanting to follow the lead of any of the other Colonies. For that reason, the Albury Railway Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albury_railway_station was reputed to be the Longest Railway Station in The World because it had to be long enough to handle two trains, a New South Wales Railways STANDARD GUAGE (4ft 8inch, I think) Train as well as a Victorian Railways BROAD GUAGE (5ft 3inch) Train, at the same time. - Daniel ----------------------------------- Is GUAGE the British spelling? That is an example of leaders with strongly held opinions disagreeing because they weigh the values of choices differently. The same could easily happen with promoters and volunteers of space colonies, as it did to the early English colonies in America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Williams "Williams was expelled by the Puritan leaders from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and he established Providence Plantations in 1636 as a refuge offering what he termed "liberty of conscience". Only those who don't fit well into established society will be tempted to leave it, self-reliant independent spirits want to stay that way. Most Utopian communities fell apart from disagreement. https://memoriesoftheprairie.com/blog-1/2023/06/21/robert-owens-innovative-new-harmony-indiana-utopia/ “I doubt whether those who have been comfortable and content in their old mode of life, will find an increase of enjoyment when they come here. How long it will require to accustom themselves to their new mode of living, I am unable to determine.” "He never gave up on his dream, but he realized that at New Harmony, he underestimated the complexity of his fellow human beings." And that's the underlying failure of socialism, it needs to depend on the people it's not fit for.