Most of these costs are in terms of energy, one of the most plentiful things in space. Also, if we do things right (a huge if, I know), the bigger idea is to bootstrap it by sending enough tools to make the tools you need to extract and refine resources. This doesn't require a von Neumann machine since we can control them, either directly or remotely. Also, if we are going to extract resources in space, a lot of infrastructure will need to be built first, which is cheaper if we use resources that are already in space. And as the saying goes, the surface of the moon is halfway to anywhere in the solar system.
GreyEyedGhost
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"I like it when my team engages in vigilanteism and ignoring the rule of law, not when the other team does it."
The deal between the devils. "You get to make them poorer and I'll make them die sooner. (And we'll all get richer.)"
In principle, I don't have a problem with this idea. Being Canadian, I already have a no-fee option with almost no administrative burden, which leads to my big question. What is the administrative burden for supporting our European members with a no-fee option? The lower that burden versus the number of European members we have, the more likely they are to implement it. I leave that for our administrators to judge, given they are more or less volunteers and the burden for supporting this falls on them.
Moths wearing jeans, eating beans.
The thing about buying Portugese (or other nationality) wines is it still boycotts America.
It is because of people like you that marketing has to use clickbaity titles, because you refuse to believe that technically difficult tasks take decades to achieve. Here you are, whining about clickbait, when they have pictures of a production plant they spent millions to build. The absolute scammers!
These are the people who think weather forecasters are just guessing right now. Why would they need access to satellites to guess?
I absolutely think that privacy within your own mind should be inviolable (trusting corporations and even government to agree is laughable). Iain Banks' Culture series explores some of these implications, as well as who should be in control of your mental state. It's messy and hard, and is one of the reasons I currently wouldn't get a brain implant. I might change my mind if I had ALS, for instance.
Oh, and how do rechargeable batteries stack up to those from 3 decades ago? Care to guess?
I likely had undiagnosed depression for decades before I got treatment, from a GP, no less, after being dismissed by a psychiatrist. If you have concerns about your health, keep trying to get help, as long as you're able.
If you compare the total mining efforts of the entirety of human civilization, it will about to a small enough fraction of the moon that it would do less to destabilize the orbit of the moon than energy loss due to tidal forces.