[robbedpeter]

Mi pensa da beltalowda gonya fo tenye tugut liviting ere da belte!

We just need to crack longevity, space elevators, and asteroid mining. A lot of the engineering for in system spaceflight is engineered already.

With ever improving automation, belt mining probably won't ever be a human occupation in the way 20th century sci-fi envisioned, but living in space is looking like it will be very safe. We'll need lots of water shielding, massive engines and this massive ships, and deliberate regimented exercise and medical monitoring. We'll have to incorporate massive redundancies in environment and nutrition and waste processing, so long term high output nuclear will likely be the only option.

I'm excited to see the birth of space mining in the next decade or three.