Today's space economy is almost entirely focused on space-for-Earth applications. But as this sector is growing at a new rate, it could lead to the birth of the space-for-space sector. "All this activity will increase demand dramatically; fairly quickly, we'll have around ten times as many people in space at any one time," says Martin Elvis, author of the 2021 book 'Asteroids: How love, fear, and greed will determine our future in space', which details the economic expansion of space, including that of private space stations.
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