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by 27182818284 4156 days ago
It isn't an either or.

Colonizing planets and producing space stations would only help enhance the technology, provide refueling and repair places, and much, much more. People will have preferences on where they want to live (dirtside or not) in the same way people have preferences on where they live now. I think it would be safe to assume there would be a little of both (spaceside and dirtside) living out there. (I think that resource-wise, there will be more on planets because of its benefits)