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Do you have any idea how much raw material and energy would be available to humanity if we were able to successfully colonize the solar system? The scale of wha
by BobbyJo 5y ago
Do you have any idea how much raw material and energy would be available to humanity if we were able to successfully colonize the solar system? The scale of what we could build and learn would be absolutely shaking. Seriously. That's enough 'why' for me.
- jonahbenton 5y agoOn what timescale, at what level of capital investment?
- afterburner 5y agoHundreds of years, government-level investment.
- kamkazemoose 5y agoIn a little over 100 years we've gone from the first powered flight to flying a helicopter on Mars. We might not be mining asteroids in 5 years but it isn't unreasonable to think it could happen in our lifetimes.