HRogge Wrote:I am working on a second part of the "Thor Heyerdahl" story... it will not be ESAs last step into the solar system.Human nature, sadly, is to send military forces wherever it's practical. It can be handvaved away for genre convention--but if we can get a small military presence, and keep it small, it seems to fit reality better. Of course, with multiple nations in space, their limited quantity of ships will want to keep an eye on each other.
But I see no reason why it needs to be military presence.
My tentative plan for Enterprise, however, may well discourage further experiments along those lines, when and if I get to writing it.