rexregisanimi

rexregisanimi t1_j1w2csj wrote

Launching stuff from earth to a halfway point and then on to the destination costs as much in fuel as just launching straight to the destination. There's no real cost savings by staging from an orbital platform. Construction would work well in orbit for larger objects (and may even be necessary for things such as the ISS and such).

The "middle stop" needs to have a purpose and there aren't many reasons to use one.

Edit: why is this being downvoted?

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rexregisanimi t1_j1r7umo wrote

This is like asking a blind person to describe a painting. There will be events, technologies, and discoveries that we can't foresee. Imagine trying to describe the Internet to someone living in the pre-Columbian Americas. We could probably, with enough teaching and time, get them understand what it is but the context and experience of the thing couldn't be shared. Now imagine those same pre-Columbians trying to dream up the Internet on their own without any external help.

The nature of human existence will be fundementally different than it is now but human nature will not be much different.

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