Hi Dr. R:

One point you make:

"If you have ever watched a spider build a web (on earth) you can't help but to notice that gravity means little to the creature. It does its work in any orientation. It seems that when one of these animals is in space the lack of gravitational effects may well pass unnoticed."

Tell that to the spider. This is more of the "what we see here is every where? idea and I feel you do not really advocate that.
jjw