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Dropping metal back on Earth presumes that we'd actually care about Earth at that point. There might be so many resources up there that nobody comes back.
by astrodust 8y ago
Dropping metal back on Earth presumes that we'd actually care about Earth at that point. There might be so many resources up there that nobody comes back.
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoThis. I have the idea that folks on the ground will play games with money, and imagine themselves wealthy while developing asteroid resources. But it'll all be for the benefit of space-based industry, which will server space-based populations. Ultimately Earth will realize they have a big pile of imaginary points and no more metal.