"I guess Africa and the rest of the earth just isn't enough"...legitimate concern...space resources though will end strip mining, mountain top removal, diamond wars, eco slums, etc...space development is the most comprehensive green project of our lifetimes...it will benefit all humanity, radically improving living standards worldwide - in fact, allowing the developing world to catch up and continue to progress with spacefaring nations
This is literally the best thing to happen to the world since we went to the Moon. Let's hope that this finally makes NASA get their act together and do something NEW.
"We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too."
Public interest in space exploration actually ended around the time of the last Apollo moon missions. And that was years before the end of the Cold War
This is incredibly inspiring and wonderful, especially in the wake of the US government choosing to lose launch capability, even if (supposedly) just for a little while. I wish you all the best of luck... and will be looking to see when you hire new people. One very tiny but fiddly thing - you've posted one of your videos twice. Sloppy mistakes on the Internet aren't critical, but it's totally something you should have cleaned up before launching this. Just sayin'...
Perhaps mining asteroids would be the logical next stage? Perhaps this could be the answer to hour resource crisis? Let's just hope that we can mange this in due time.
The earth is certainly not enough for anyone,that's for sure.The population is growing,and the resources on Earth are quickly disappearing.Believe me,it will take A LOT of time for us to deplete the resources of the solar system.And when( if)that happen,we'll already be in another one.
PR in 10 years - SEND US MONEY OR WE WILL THROW ASTROIDS AT YOUR HOUSE! Lol j/k, I wish you guys luck - great ideas and brilliant minds are the roots of succes :)
[In the past when Spain was deciding what to do about Columbus's discovery of the Americas.] Scholars and rich people: "This could change the world! We can trade huge amounts of goods and make our economy amazing!" Crazy Peasants: "The indians must be planning to kill us all and the king is using this as a cover up to try to stop them! AHHH! CONSPIRACY!"
a coked up co-founder with too much time on his hands and a business plan that if probably never going to be profitable within the next 100 years.. I hope the salary is worth it guys !
it's just a foolish and incredibly expensive idea that won't be economically viable for at least the next 100 years, probably it's only the trailer for a new Cameron's film :)
