BARD@MIT-XX.ARPA (07/09/85)
From: Bard Bloom <BARD@MIT-XX.ARPA> > material wealth in our own solar system. I doubt there is any > substance, object or source of energy that would be worth the time > and energy to make an interstellar voyage. It would almost always > be easier to find or build something ourselves, certainly easier How about stroon (immortality drugs), as in Cordwainer Smith's _Norstrilia_ and related works? Unless we could synthesize them here, of course. Immortality is worth a lot to some people. -------