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Originally Posted by GTOlover
Plus we are a species that consumes resources and once we begin mining asteroids and comets and colonize planets or moons we will keep growing like we always have.
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Once there is a practical reason to go into space, the space age will begin. Just like how Europeans traveled to the new world in search of riches, once the private sector finds they can make money going into space, a new era will follow.
I hear China will be setting course for the moon. One item they are quite curious about is helium-3, which is quite rare on earth. Much of it is acquired by disposing of and harvesting nuclear weapons if I'm not mistaken.