From:	The Powerhouse <P.C.Steele@*********.AC.UK>
Subject:	Space the final frontier
Date:	Fri, 29 Oct 1993 16:01:47 GMT

Just got time to answer a few points.

Cost:

I think we ought to get this one straight. There will be certain things that
even the advanced technology cannot do on Earth, unless you can simulate zero-g.
So any products (ie the new alloys idea) that need zero-g will admittedly be
expensive, but as long as the corps make a profit what do they care.

Length of time:

On HEO's I said they would probably spin, so muscle atrophy wouldn't be a
problem. For low earth orbits you have the personnel 1 year rotation and heal
them up with magic when they reach earth, in fact that's what they already do
(see corp shadowfiles).

Phill.
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