# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (September 29, 2011)

* A link was shared about academics boycotting free reviewing for corporate journals, highlighting tensions in academic publishing: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=417576&c=1

* Discussion about space colonization strategies compared lunar manufacturing bases versus seasteading, with debate about which approach requires less capital investment.

* Participants debated the merits of sending self-replicating machines versus humans to establish lunar bases, with one participant suggesting "hive replication" as a more accurate term than "self-replication."

* The conversation explored practical challenges of space settlement, including the trade-offs between bringing supplies (like MREs) versus developing local production capabilities for food, water and oxygen.

* Technical discussion about water desalination systems for seasteading, including reverse osmosis membranes and thermal vacuum desalination methods.

* Participants discussed testing environments for lunar technologies, including creating simulated lunar regolith sandboxes and using mild vacuum environments filled with argon.