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The ability to have sustained growth doesn't seem like a good predictor of the propensity for colonization. Europe had lots of room and resources in the 1600's when North American colonization began in earnest. The question is: are there people who want things that can only be found outside of the solar system, e.g. certain resources, adventure, glory, liberty, etc. "Room" is probably not high on the list.

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Unless you're talking time frames in order of a thousands years, we have plenty of resource here in the solar system to sustain a massive level of growth. Terraforming Mars and Venus is going to be a damn sight easier then interstellar colonization, and we have plenty of material to make millions of man made habitats. I'd love to go to another star as much as the next nerd, but it isn't a requirement for growth for many thousands of years.

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