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He's actually written "a 3,000-word (and spoiler-free) treatise laying out the economics behind his fictional moon city" available on business insider [1] edit
by BuildTheRobots 9y ago
He's actually written "a 3,000-word (and spoiler-free) treatise laying out the economics behind his fictional moon city" available on business insider [1]
edit: I read this last week and 30 minutes later signed up to audiable to get it as my free book (ebook reader broke, amazon delivery too slow). It's an enjoyable book, but i wouldn't go into it expecting another Martian - it's fluffier.
Apart from that, if I couldn't afford the $70k holiday cost, then I'd probably have to get a temp job working up there for a bit - though the economics of migrating between aren't discussed.
[1] http://uk.businessinsider.com/andy-weir-artemis-moon-city-economics-the-martian-2017-11 http://uk.businessinsider.com/andy-weir-artemis-moon-city-ec...
- rtpg 9y agoOne thing I'd worry about working on the noon would be finding myself in the sort of indentured servitude many cruise line workers and domestic helpers find themselves across the world. I bet you won't be making $20/hour on the moon, if certain people have their way.
- ianai 9y agoAsimov was really good for questions like this. I bet somewhere out there he wrote about why people would go to such places. -edit- He even wrote a book titled “space colonies”. First I’ve heard of it.