Why send the raw minerals down to earth? Many items could probably benefit from ...

bdunbar · on April 18, 2012

If we can ship iron to Cleavland cheaper than we can ship it from the Iron Range then we can stop strip-mining the countryside.

Which - whoops - puts guys out of work in favor of robots and technicians who operate them. I think that's another HN thread however.

Of course ... you _could_ make tractors and cars in space, but that's somehow mind-boggling to me.

warfangle · on April 19, 2012

We'd have flying cars finally ;) granted, they'd only fly 'til they landed for the first time...

bdunbar · on April 20, 2012

And bring new meaning to the term 'drop shipping'.