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It changes the price and speed of satellite internet. Apart from that...?

• WalterBright 9mo ago
  There were cars before the Model T, but only for the rich. Ford made cars affordable for everyman. That changed everything. There were books before Gutenberg, but only for the rich. His printing press made them cheap enough to print newspapers. That changed everything. Before Bessemer, making steel was extremely expensive and rarely one. With the Bessemer Process, vast quantities of steel could be cheaply made. That changed everything. Google says: "The process revolutionized the industry by reducing costs and increasing production, making steel accessible for major infrastructure projects in the 19th and early 20th centuries."
  • direwolf20 9mo ago
    And now travel to Mars is affordable for everyone! Oh, wait, no it's not.
    • WalterBright 9mo ago
      I think we can agree that the current cost of going to Mars is currently unaffordable. The first step is to reduce the cost of launch, and that's proceeding well.