Space and Human Survival: My Views on the Importance of Colonizing Space
Achieving Human Commitment to Space Colonization: Is Fear the Answer?
ADDED: Also she has an Amazon Listmania Why We Must Colonize Space that has some interesting reading.
Fair enough.
I have just received a survey questionnaire regarding future directions in EU (European Union) research funding, and thought it would be interesting to see how LessWrong would answer the main question:
Imagine that EU funding is available for one ambitious, visionary project extending beyond 2020.