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Why send the raw minerals down to earth? Many items could probably benefit from zero-gravity manufacturing facilities. Then you air-drop the finished products.
by warfangle 15y ago
Why send the raw minerals down to earth? Many items could probably benefit from zero-gravity manufacturing facilities. Then you air-drop the finished products.
- bdunbar 15y agoIf we can ship iron to Cleavland cheaper than we can ship it from the Iron Range then we can stop strip-mining the countryside. Which - whoops - puts guys out of work in favor of robots and technicians who operate them. I think that's another HN thread however. Of course ... you _could_ make tractors and cars in space, but that's somehow mind-boggling to me.