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0 pointscount5y ago0 comments

European global expansion also had hard physics limits. The age of sail grew the global GDP tremendously. I wouldn't discount multi-year asteroid mining trips/etc. from having the same impact in 50-100 years.

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ouid5y ago

Really? What do you imagine to be receiving from an asteroid that cannot more easily be obtained from the earth?

diab0lic5y ago

Large volumes of minerals that are already in space (don't need to expend energy putting them in orbit) to build settlements, ships, etc...

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ouid5y ago

Really? What do you imagine to be receiving from an asteroid that cannot more easily be obtained from the earth?

diab0lic5y ago

Large volumes of minerals that are already in space (don't need to expend energy putting them in orbit) to build settlements, ships, etc...

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