I would wager minerals mining and tourism are probably the only meaningful revenue sources in our lifetimes.

dh2022 29 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Tourism to Mars and back (this is the easiest interplanetary travel) means years confined in a space rocket just to circle around Mars and get back (it is not possible to land on Mars and get back). Not that appealing…

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ant6n 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Going to orbit is actually useful already, cf starlink

	▲	stouset 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, I meant in addition to what we’re already doing. I do think that will reach diminishing returns at some point. Kessler syndrome is a real thing for long-term higher orbits.