New Fort Knox: A Means to a Solar-svstem-wide Economy

摘要

Creating an economic zone of influence that encompasses our solar system will be the single most difficult endeavor the human race has ever attempted. The biggest hurdle isn't even the engineering; it's not that we don't dream big enough, and it has little to do with national governments - it's that we simply cannot comprehend the economics. Let's put it another way: We will not achieve this until we convince the investment community that there is substantial return-on-investment (ROI). Any economic zone of influence needs trade, finance, banking, manufacturing, consumption and all basic needs that those processes encompass and rely upon: food, shelter, ability to raise families and, most importantly, the pursuit of happiness, which makes it all possible. To hear the dreamers speak of mining asteroids or building power stations in space is to realize that we do indeed, as a species, dream big. The problem is connecting the dots, from an economic viewpoint, so that finance-ability allows the business case to close and sustain-ability allows the endeavor to continue, unabated. In other words our community doesn't talk investment banker speak.