Poll: "Spacefaring Civilization"

1. What fraction of a population has to be living or travelling in
space regularly or simultaneously for the whole population to be
called a "Spacefaring Civilization" ?

a) 0 percent
b) 1 percent
c) 10 percent
d) 20 percent
e) 30 percent
f) 40 percent
g) 50 percent
h) 60 percent
i) 70 percent
j) 80 percent
k) 90 percent
l) 100 percent


2. What defines the whole of the spacefaring society?

a) space enthusiasts and club members
b) industry, related professional associations and labor sectors
c) city
d) state or province with political mandate
e) country
f) continental free trade collective (NAFTA, EU, CIS, Africa, Oceana,
etc)
g) whole world


3. Based on the percentage and population selected, how many people
would be actual spacefarers ?

a) 0
b) 1
c) 10
d) 100
e) 1000
f) 10,000
g) 100,000
h) 1,000,000
i) 10,000,000
j) 100,000,000
k) 1,000,000,000
l) everyone

"Success_Machine" wrote ...
1. What fraction of a population has to be living or travelling in
space regularly or simultaneously* for the whole population to be
called a "Spacefaring Civilization" ?

That isn't how I'd define it but ...

b) 1 percent

2. What defines the whole of the spacefaring society?

Buh-duh?

Do you mean "The portion of the 'Spacefaring Civilization' that is involved
in space will be ...?" ?

b) industry, related professional associations and labor sectors

3. Based on the percentage and population selected, how many people
would be actual spacefarers ?

That is a very silly question / answer combination.

* Continuously, I assume.

(Success_Machine) writes:

1. What fraction of a population has to be living or travelling in
space regularly or simultaneously for the whole population to be
called a "Spacefaring Civilization" ?


b) 1 percent - On a planet with billions of people, this means that
tens of millions of people would be living or traveling in space.

2. What defines the whole of the spacefaring society?

g) whole world

3. Based on the percentage and population selected, how many people
would be actual spacefarers ?

Is this a trick question?

Jeff
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Success_Machine wrote:
1. What fraction of a population has to be living or travelling in
space regularly or simultaneously for the whole population to be
called a "Spacefaring Civilization" ?

I don't think it's a number.
If you get headlines like "Earth destroyed, 40% wiped off stock values", then
you've probably got a space-based civilisation.
If the headline is "Earth destroyed, cannibalism in 6 months.", then
you don't.
If you can survive totally without earth, even with some problems, then
you have a spacefaring civilisation.
If you can't, then it's little more than mining camps and hotels, nomatter
how many people there are.

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