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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. (www.universetoday.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The only benefit I can see is if you don’t take anything back down the gravity well. Build up manufacturing directly in space.