The difficulty is in managing the complexity of an entire factory system. The technology for automated mining and manufacturing exists but it’s very expensive and risky to develop, and a bit creepy, so politicians won’t fund the research. On Earth, human labor is cheap so there’s no incentive for commercial development either.
The difficulty is in managing the complexity of an entire factory system. The technology for automated mining and manufacturing exists but it’s very expensive and risky to develop, and a bit creepy, so politicians won’t fund the research. On Earth, human labor is cheap so there’s no incentive for commercial development either.