WWED quote from Stanford Entrepreneurship Corner talk by Elon Musk (Space Mining vs. Human Space Flight)
I mean if you calculate how much it costs to bring either the photons from space solar power back to earth or the raw material back to earth, the economics don't make sense. They just can't close the economic case.
Stanford Entrepreneurship Corner talk by Elon Musk (Space Mining vs. Human Space Flight)
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