>>12682469Elon Musk is what Howard Hugues would be in the modern finacialized economy. Everything Musk says is an intentional market manipulation. By necessity Hugues would also be corrupt and impoverished of vision.
>>12682509Gold ore processing on Earth requires a lot of solvents, oxygen, and cheap energy. The amount of water required is obscene and pollutes entire ecosystems.
No one has any idea how you're going to manage such a thing in an arid, zero-g vacuum.
Same for practically all other forms of ore processing.
The modern age is intellectually bankrupt. From the BLM neo-civil-rights-movement to Musk's cynical fantasies, were are merely recycling the failed dreams of the last century.
