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Old 05-March-2006, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Ara Pacis
Why? There are more potential customers on earth than not on earth.
It's just like with ebay, the Delivery and Handling costs need to be watched carefully. I expect that in 95 years, someone will be mining a metal asteroid and making mining equipment and habitat parts.

We have plenty of metal on the surface of the Earth for manufacture of things used on Earth.
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