In article <REM-2004may29-008@Yahoo.Com>,  <RobertMaas@YahooGroups.Com> wrote:

From: Joe Strout <joe@strout.net>
After we've used the materials in the asteroid belt, and dismantled
the moons of the giant planets, the obvious next targets are the Kuiper
belt and the Oort cloud.  Our Oort cloud extends about three light
years out from the Sun.  If Alpha Centauri has a similar Oort cloud,
then its cloud overlaps with ours.  So by colonizing the Oort cloud,
you're already starting to colonize the next star.

Where do farcomet homesteaders get a supply of energy?  [ ... ]

Breeder reactors should work fine.


Gary

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