We've got plenty of people willing to risk their lives for a chance at riches. We've got technology that's making it borderline cost effective to survive in sp

We've got plenty of people willing to risk their lives for a chance at riches. We've got technology that's making it borderline cost effective to survive in space. ... we're only missing in-space mining and manufacturing (at least of the basics). The cost of launching all of the above from the Earth's surface is what's killing the economics. And ironically, there's a fairly accurate parallel to the resource- and legal- 16th century Caribbean.