When/if asteroid mining becomes a real thing, we’re all going to be swimming in so much material wealth, I doubt the goldbugs will be too hard up.
The scarcity of gold is about to change. #Bitcoin.
Really, it's a race to develop space mining tech, the cost to orbit is already becoming feasible.
References:
[1] $500-$1000 per kg to LEO
https://space.com/2032-asteroid-mining-key-space-economy.html
[2] cost to LEO chart
https://futuretimeline.net/data-trends/6.htm
[3] Starship $10/kg to LEO
https://wccftech.com/elon-musk-starship-launch-cost-reiterate/
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