Re: population growth

Beth Fulton wrote:
> Very true. Though the biggest hurdle is getting them into space in the
> first place I'd say. The space elevator Kim Stanley Robinson uses has
> probably been the best mechanic used to get around the problem I've
come
> across in my limited scifi reading (I know he didn't think it up he's
just
> the only one who's used it in a book I've read).

	Yes, just for the record, AFAIK, while the concept was invented
	a long time ago, it first appeared simultaneously in 
	the novels THE FOUNTAINS OF PARADISE by Sir Arthur C. Clarke
	and THE WEB BETWEEN THE WORLDS by Charles Sheffield.