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100 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 21 Feb \ on: The Lunar Economy Is Coming science
I'm very excited to see space exploration advance. Other than asteroid mining, though, I don't think we're anywhere close to it being economically viable.
I also get a bit excited about the economic space exploitation. Yes, we may be a little way off that, but things have to start somewhere. Baby steps, but consistent ones. Will we see this exploration actually happen in our lifetimes?
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I'm really excited to see where this goes in the next 20 years. I'm pretty sure we'll get there! Just wondering, how does this industry make money?
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I've heard of metallurgical processes that can only be done in zero-G, so maybe that will be part of industrial demand. Then, there will be scientific research grants and other funding.
Eventually, we'll get to harvesting unfathomably resource rich asteroids, which will pay for the whole sector many times over.
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I think we will. I'm very optimistic that we're about to go through a phase of rapid productivity growth.
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