[Age of Reason]

The correct answer is: an opportunity to vote with your feet. Freedom is the wealth in space.

That's ironic--in outer space, room equals freedom. What about here on Earth?

LOL.

Whenever I suggest America stop immigration because the crowding is taking away our freedom, there's always some poster out there that quotes Limbaugh's howler about how the entire population of planet earth can fit in Texas with room to spare.

Freedom is vast green areas, clean bodies of water and fresh air from blue skies--not blackness and an oxygen mask and the slavery needed to maintain a glass bubble over your neighborhood (it's bad enough when your neighbors make you mow your lawn--I sure don't like the idea of doing windows in some monstrous geodesic domed space greenhouse).

Instead of colonizing Mars, it's better to simply stop immigration.

Then we'd have plenty of room here in America.

[nanny]

Goodness, I haven't heard that statement from Rush Limbaugh.

HE might be right, however, while I love Texas, there is a lot of marginal land between San Angelo and El Paso and a long way to the north and south. Not a lot of moisture or shade. From what a read, there is not nearly as much water underground in that part of the country as we think. It might not be what we could call 'quality' living.

What are these proponents of unlimited immigration going to do when basic services for cities break down. By the time some people wake up to the dangers, it will be too late.

[no-s]

Instead of colonizing Mars, it's better to simply stop immigration.

You should stand on the beach and order the tide to go out - you'll have the same effect on immigration.

There are resources in space and no government on earth can make a credible claim. This is the fuel to freedom. I agree the government should stay out of my way if I want to colonize mars or whatever - it's not doing so presently. I won't argue mars colonization should be a government project. It won't get done anytime soon.

As for elbow room - dude, there are whole planets out there with no one (human) using them yet. If you want to live cheek to jowl with your neighbors in a tiny box, go ahead. Personally, I'm a tool-using primate, not a veal calf. I plan to make use of natural resources (especially free fusion energy from the sun and big rocks just floating around) coupled with primate ingenuity to build my own little worlds.