SpaceX craft overshot Mars’ orbit and is headed to asteroid belt

Re:SpaceX craft overshot Mars’ orbit and is headed to astero... by maxerickson on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @11:05AM (#16325338)

I skimmed https://medium.com/function-core/cislunar-economy-101-part-7...

It enthuses that colonization should be the end goal because it will drive funding. I remain unconvinced that there are actually enough incredibly wealthy people that want to go die in space to drive a vast economy.

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Re:SpaceX craft overshot Mars’ orbit and is headed to astero... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @11:11AM (#16325391)

Skim the first 6 parts too; they deal more with what is now than what might be in the far future.

There's enough interest, demand and money in current space activities to justify a small cislunar economy; after that happens, well, hard to predict, but I think you're underestimating the amount of people with ideas about what to do in the Solar System.

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Re:SpaceX craft overshot Mars’ orbit and is headed to astero... by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @11:07AM (#16325355)

The cost of colonies becomes small(er) with the incredible resources available in space. It wasn't the incredibly wealthy that colonized the New World.

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Re:SpaceX craft overshot Mars’ orbit and is headed to astero... by posterboy on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @05:30PM (#16328603)

I'm pretty sure some crowns with a lot of jewels were deeply invested in the process.

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