RE: Backflow of Colonists

Another reason for back flow, might be after 5-10 years some of the
children have grown up enough to pursue graduate studies and are sent
back to the core worlds for a graduate education that is not available
on the colony world.

--Binhan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Beth.Fulton@csiro.au [mailto:Beth.Fulton@csiro.au]
> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 6:27 PM
> To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject: RE: Backflow of Colonists
> 
> 
> G'day,
> 
> > an incredibly affluent colonisation project
> > could pay for a 1/2 empty trip, but it would be unlikely that 
> > anyone is going to be that well off and still want or need 
> to send out 
> > colonists. However, even if there are minimal costs 
> involved in a return 
> > trip, most if not all colonists are going to have literally 
> > nothing to pay for their return trip - in addition, a colonist 
> > will not work out his/her "unsuitablity" (for want of a better 
> > word) in a short period - it would be
> > unlikely for a two way vessel to hang around for very long - 
> > after the ship leaves, he/she doesn't get to ring the port 
> > authority and say "I'm sorry but I want to go home".
> 
> I was thinking slightly longer term than the initial 
> colonisation event or
> even the first decade or so, but once the colony is fully 
> established and
> has interstellar trade going on (maybe that's just my view of 
> the GZGverse)
> then I'd expect to see some backflow, though it may not be on 
> the scales
> seen around Earth (though even here some migrations are one way - my
> Granddad came out and never got enough cash together to go 
> back even for a
> visit).
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Beth