I see by your response that you did not watch the videos I posted. Sorry.
“Nothing you couldn’t get right here on earth for about .0001% of the cost of getting it in space.”
That’s false, because any composite and exotic materials that would make life better here, can only be made cheaper if manufactured in zero gravity - perfect ball bearings come to mind as only one example.
“Nothing in space valuable enough to justify the cost of getting it.”
And you know this because of your encyclopedic knowledge of everything in space, or because you you read some things and decided it had to be that way?
Trying to discuss manned space exploration with people who refuse to have an open mind about space, is as difficult as trying to find a rational liberal.
By your logic we should all still be living in Europe or maybe Africa:
Alternate reality
ROI and costs in those olden days really made going beyond the near horizon untenable economically for people wanting to spread out. So they just stayed home and over time killed each other off in fights over living space and resources.
And that’s why today there exists a constant state of war, growing more and more viscous by the day; our tribe has only 10 people left of the thousands before the wars began. If only we had spread out, this horror would not be happening, however, the Wise, as they were called, made our decisions for us and we stayed home under their benevolent council saving a lot of money, spend on helping the poor and downtrodden who are still in that condition; and now we die.
I know nothing in space is worth the cost of getting it because I know the periodic table is the same in space as it is here, and so far every exploration has proven me correct. The moon consists of rocks and dust. You can get those in your back yard for free. Likewise Mars more rocks and dust. Unless you make the assumption (and space kadets like to make all sorts of assumptions that equate to “here a miracle occurs”) that chemistry is different off earth, then yes I know for a fact that there isn’t anything in space that is worth the cost of getting it. And if you weren’t a fanticist you’d know it too.
I’ve heard that composite and exotic materials bullshit before, and it’s apparently one of the many false narratives based on speculation that circulate in the space kadet community without any actual proof. I never realized that all of the billions of ball bearings that are in use today would work any better if they were made in space < /sarcasm>
I love unintentional irony and your comment about closed minds provides a fine example