Diversification

--- In spacesettlers@y..., "Combs, Mike" wrote:
> From: Ed Minchau [mailto:spider_boris@y...]
>> 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.
>
> Then why aren't any corporations doing this for profit right now?

Very simple. Corporations not only care only about the bottom line,
they generally only care about the bottom line for the next year (ten
years in the future is looking far ahead). Anything that will take
longer than that to be profitable, has to be a very sure bet. Just
look how short a time venture capitalists were willing to put up with
unprofitable Internet companies.