@Michael Interbartolo III: Um, I'm 56. (And very deliberately child-free, BTW My money is where my mouth is on this).

@Delphinus100: Sorry, boldface didn't turn off where I meant it to...

@El Kabong:

@VoiceOfWisdom: And there's a reason people aren't already in those areas. Some places are not good for creating cities.

@Manly McMineCrafton: I'm sorry, I kind of stumbled at: "...kick our reproductive organs..."

@I-Gemini-I: Or at least have a low cutoff age, before any of your victims start getting misfolded proteins.

@CodenameV: Yeah, but the cover charge there is a little steep...

The problem isn't so much that the curve of technology development won't approach the vertical in a finite time from now, but that (as the chip-man obviously thinks) the condition we find ourselves in soon after that will be something we regard as a good one.

@HalOfBorg: It makes me think the Sun's gone nova, without looking directly at it

@Nivenus: Precisely because it would go away slowly, it would be practical to maintain...as long as it was mostly a CO2 atmosphere. You could get it to where pressure suits were unnecessary, but still not breathable.

@Nivenus: I always thought that the Prime Directive concept (and to be fair, it does have powerful roots in the clashes of civilizations in human history, that are best not repeated) contrasted interestingly with those who look for ETs, from mainstream SETI people, to the hardest-core UFO fanatics, who want, hope and…

@Strakus: What you said...

You know that phrase; "Anyone who loves sausage and the law, should never see either one being made?"

But can you not do it pr use it, when you don't want to?

@Nivenus: Which means you have to be closer, just to have liquid-water temperatures.

@Davio: It's that or Katy Perry on Sesame Street...

Do you have to be wound up first?

@mutant.song001: So, how much does a high-rise hotel on Earth cost to build and insure?

@phoghat: If you've truly 'uploaded,' your mind is now the computer. You're tougher than biology, but not invulnerable.

@phoghat: Why be surprised? Did we not want space flight to be common and not unusual? Crowds no longer gather in Paris when a plane crosses the Atlantic non-stop, either.