Timeline for How much stuff could we get into Earth orbit for the start-up cost of initiating asteroid mining?
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| Sep 3, 2017 at 12:43 | comment | added | Green | Another thing to consider is that if the price of platinum were to drop to \$5000/kg, it may open up new market possibilities with much larger demand, that couldn't exist at \$10,000/kg. So, sure, you won't be making the higher price per kg but you might be able to sell 10x the platinum at the lower price. (And I see we have MathJax in the comments now!) | |
| Mar 28, 2016 at 17:23 | comment | added | Brythan | But this doesn't answer the question. I'm not asking about the cost of mining in space versus Earth. I'm asking about the startup cost of mining in space versus the amount of space-based infrastructure that could be lifted from Earth. This is an interesting answer to an entirely different question. | |
| Nov 3, 2015 at 0:03 | history | edited | Schwern | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 21, 2014 at 20:38 | comment | added | jwenting | @CortAmmon short term, yes. Long term, they'd quite likely be more than self sufficient. Which might well lead to war as the colonies (because that's what they'd be) will want independence rather than be eternal profit machines for "old home earth"... | |
| Nov 21, 2014 at 14:52 | comment | added | Cort Ammon | Another thing I would add in the same lines: the cost of maintaining a space-mining culture. That culture may allow more flexibility in the prices (i.e. shifting to different export materials as prices shift). This also means cost of things like feeding miners (which is not cheap) | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 15:11 | history | answered | jwenting | CC BY-SA 3.0 |