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Re:SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit by bouncycastle on Saturday May 30, 2020 @11:13PM (#23366849)
That's right. I'd like to see that happen too. Although I'd argue that space has much more abundant materials & resources due to its vastness. Minus the geopolitical baggage.

More importantly, there is a bootstrap problem. Where are the funds going to come from? There is no commercial benefit from such an experiment except perhaps tourism. On the other hand, a space colony could develop a self sustainable economy, developing various enterprises from tourism, mining to manufacturing

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Re:SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit by m4rtink on Monday June 01, 2020 @09:53PM (#23386408)
Yeah, the bootstrap funding is the main issue - other than that basically all available resources are out there in space, pretty much by definition. From that poikt of view it is a no brainer, once the initial cliff can be overcome.
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