[xhkkffbf]

The most interesting argument I've heard is that in space there are no NIMBYs to protest or local (or state) politicians to extract donations. Yes, there aren't many slots for geostationary orbits, but in most other cases there's plenty of room.

[recursivecaveat]

Even if you limit yourself to the 48 states, it's hard to believe there's 0 counties happy to take you. Just about anywhere terrestrial is cheaper to transport to than riding a giant bottle of explosives at $1500/kg. Politicians are generally pretty cheap actually, and so far they've been willing to make some pretty generous tax concessions to attract data centers.

[xhkkffbf]

You're right that some parts of life on earth are cheaper. There are plenty of counties, but are they near the net backbone? Do they have power to spare?

And remember that the semi trucks still have bottles of explosives that may not be as big as a rocket, but are still far from safe.

[conception]

Commons gonna tragedy, alas.

[henry2023]

Fracking in space is the next big thing because there’re no government regulations in space (yet) /s