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Low Earth orbit is proverbially "halfway to anywhere". That is, it's not an even more absurd amount of energy to get from elsewhere in space to LEO. (Also the i
by abecedarius 15y ago
Low Earth orbit is proverbially "halfway to anywhere". That is, it's not an even more absurd amount of energy to get from elsewhere in space to LEO. (Also the idea is to mine asteroids with nearer orbits, not out in the belt.)
Which isn't to say I expect large-scale returns anytime soon.