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Why bother bringing it home at all? Set up orbital factories as well, and ship the finished goods back to Earth via space elevator. Get rid of mining and dirty
by kchoudhu 10y ago
Why bother bringing it home at all? Set up orbital factories as well, and ship the finished goods back to Earth via space elevator.
Get rid of mining and dirty manufacturing on earth once and for all.
- mooreds 10y agoThis book captivated me as a child and explains many interesting possibilities about manufacturing in space: https://www.amazon.com/third-industrial-revolution-Harry-Stine/dp/0441806643/ref=sr_1_1 https://www.amazon.com/third-industrial-revolution-Harry-Sti... All kinds of interesting processes become feasible in weightlessness. For instance, some kinds of alloys just aren't possible on earth because the metals' densities are so different that they don't mix properly. No so in space.
- jon_richards 10y agoAren't atmospheric elements required for most refining processes?
- pavel_lishin 10y agoCan't you ship it home with a heat shield and a parachute?
- kchoudhu 10y agoSure. But adding ballistic re-entry to your manufacturing process seems a little scary.