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Chinese scientist proposes solar system-wide resource utilization roadmap

spacenews.com Chinese scientist proposes solar system-wide resource utilization roadmap

Chinese scientist proposes solar system-wide resource utilization roadmap Chinese space scientists have outlined a tentative roadmap for establishing a space resources utilization network stretching into the outer reaches of the solar system.

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Time for The Expanse?
If China can help push the next space race, I'm all for it. I know that papers like this have come and gone in the past, but it's starting to feel more attainable.
- :[] Imagine if Phoebe was just a regular asteroid mine.
  
  Doors and corners

@zhunk Can't help but feel like this might be the galactic version of the Belt and Road initiative, that doesn't seem to have been doing very well here on Earth. 😅
- Maybe they can get the diamond clouds on Jupiter to pay for the new spaceport, in space cash of course.