Scavenge101
Scavenge101 t1_jdvsnaf wrote
Reply to comment by Kahoots113 in Would building a Dyson sphere be worth it: We ran the numbers. by filosoful
A single stupidly rich person isn't stupidly rich enough to enable asteroid mining. One of the big 3 countries needs to do it for it to be possible. Takes a lot more than just spaceships and fuel.
Scavenge101 t1_jdvsvn6 wrote
Reply to Would building a Dyson sphere be worth it: We ran the numbers. by filosoful
The TLDR is currently no, but it's still an inevitability if the human race lives long enough. It takes several stages to build up to it and we're not even stage 1 right now.