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Comment by tlb

9 hours ago

People can build a factory that makes satellites. And then a factory that makes factories to make satellites.

There is plenty of material in the solar system (see my other response), and plenty of orbits, and launch capability can scale with energy harvested so the launch rate can grow exponentially.

Lots of people will probably decide they don't want any more satellites. But it only takes a few highly determined people to get it done anyway.

>Just imbest[1] and it will grow exponentially.

That's how that argument sounds like, particularly when you hear it from someone who is as broke as it can be.

It's easy to type those ideas in a comment, or a novel, or a scientific paper ... bring them to reality, oh surprise! that's the hard part.

1: The dumb version to invest