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A space elevator on Ceres (with today's tech) and the gravitational assist of Jupiter for returning payloads back to Earth, could allow us to start mining the asteroid belt costing just $5 billion.

Using A Space Elevator To Get Resources Off the Queen of the Asteroid Belt

https://www.universetoday.com/168411/using-a-space-elevator-to-get-resources-off-the-queen-of-the-asteroid-belt/

Here at UT, we’ve had several stories that describe the concept of a space elevator. They are designed to make it easier to get objects off Earth and into space. That, so far, has proven technically or economically infeasible, as no material is strong enough to support the structure passively, and it’s too energy-intensive to … Continue reading "Using A Space Elevator To Get Resources Off the Queen of the Asteroid Belt"

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Wooki

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While I kind of agree in principal, you cant compare it to organisations who can only claim hype. So until these "more efficient" corporations prove it, it is just more hype and baseless claims.

GreyEyedGhost

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The first company with reusable, commercial rocket stages, who will likely have the most space launches of any organization ever, has already done more launches than any other organization per year, and has brought the cost to orbit down by at least one order of magnitude, and you claim hype? I get the hate for Elon, but I think your feelings might be blinding you to easily verifiable facts. Just like the fact that in order to get anything passed, the US space program has to engage in some of the most inefficient manufacturing practices imaginable, which leads to the inflated costs I referred to in my previous comment. Again, easily verifiable facts. After all, whose shoulder did NASA tap on to resolve the problem of some stranded astronauts?

Wooki

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All claims are hype until proven, especially from the hype master himself.