/sci/ - Science & Math

>>11638795
Diogenes of Boca Chica.

>>11585337
The deamands to the structure of a spacecraft designed to operate only outside of the athmosphere are also a lot lower than the demands for a launch at several Gs or a re-entry.
In addition to that you can use material from the mine as well as recycled satelites, wich slows down the Kessler-syndrome.
Hell, you could probably re-use some parts such as solar panels or antennas directly.

Asteroid mining in earth orbit would sure kickstart the space economy as it would make space travel a profitable industry of significant size and requires autonomus space stations while dropping prices for them realy hard.

There was an attempt.
I couldn't be arsed trawling for a more fitting font.