I'm in agreement with you there. but launching a new satellite for every task rapidly gets expensive. could you imagine the ISS being assembled by satellites al

I'm in agreement with you there. but launching a new satellite for every task rapidly gets expensive. could you imagine the ISS being assembled by satellites alone? humans are good at assembling and maintaining things. asteroid mining will provide an impetus to develop assembly robots capable of matching human flexibility and autonomy. we're not there yet, though.