New Book on Space Colonies

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> > > Create the market, and the colonies will come.
> >
> > That's a heck of a big assumption. What if there is no market?
>
> There's probably several markets that can be sustained.
>

What are they?

More precisely, what are the markets that can allow a bootstrapping
process to lead to orbital development?

I have no doubt, that if we put aside the chicken and egg conundrum,
and assume an existing orbital society, then all sorts of markets
will exist, from the mundane, low profit necessities, to the rare,
high value and profitable goods. But those markets will require an
economic infrastructure in orbit.

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> Without a market of some kind there is no significant economic
reason to
> do this, with no economic reason, governments won't do it either.
> There's not enough votes in it. The ISS is probably about the
limit of
> what you can do politically right now.

I agree.

TangoMan