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		pstuart 24 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gold fever, cold, and the true adventures of Jack ... Building big ass space stations -- colonies at L4 & L5. Why haul it up from space? Perhaps rail guns on the moon might be easier...

lukan 23 days ago [–]

Sure, space mining for space stations make sense and I am all for it .. but where are the riches that would make people feel the gold rush?

pstuart 23 days ago | [–]

Probably the initial hype of selling the possibility of riches, a la the dot com boom (and bust).

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