> If you had multiple colonies connected by 500m of tubing, this "distance" between territories might allow for "local" booms and busts to occur. I was thinkin

> If you had multiple colonies connected by 500m of tubing, this "distance" between territories might allow for "local" booms and busts to occur. I was thinking the same thing. From the article I got the impression that the final collapse happened because all the survivors were the same age, and too old to spawn a new generation. Semi-separation would at least break the synchronization.