Cato speculate?

What will the impact of space development be on science and
technology? Why? How?

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Base your answers on however you define "space development". We all
have some appreciation of the commercial value of the space
environment and the industrial and economic impact the development of
that environment might mean to the human race. But specifically how
is space-based cosmology, for example, better (or worse) than
terrestrial cosmology? What other scientific disciplines will be
positively affected by the development of space? And how will
technological advances affect science in space?

Thanks.

Jack