alt Hacker NewsColonizing the solar system for resources is something that's said by people who don't understand astronomy or space technology (like Elon Musk).
Colonizing the solar system for resources is something that's said by people who don't understand astronomy or space technology (like Elon Musk).
Said with no rational given.
The solar system readily provides both the motivation, and the means, for technological colonization. It quickly pays and provides for its own utilization.
I do agree Musk's projections for biological/human colonization appear to be unrealistic. Just one challenge: it isn't clear humans can reproduce in non-Earth gravity. That is an extreme impediment.