Diversification

From: "Ed Minchau"
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Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 6:28 PM
Subject: [spacesettlers] Re: Diversification

[snikt]
> Well, there will be some products which can only be manufactured in
> large quantities in zero gee or low-gee environments, such as certain
> pharmaceuticals or alloys. Such products would definitely be
> profitable to produce and "downport" to earth.
>

I've often heard that, but until now I have no evidence to think that this
vision is more than an optmistic assumption. As far as I know, there is no
know material produced only in zero-g that is unvaluable or unreplaceable in
the perspective of the Earth-based industry.

> :) ed
[snikt]

Omni