Reading about space exploration as part of research for a browser-based space game .. and .. 🤯
Only money and pessimism is holding us back. It's too much money for a singular company or government and there's no existential threat that provokes us to do it.
Most if not all technologies are there, maybe untested, but theoretically they should work. Like "In situ resource utilization" (extract ores/minerals/compounds from the ground) and "Propulsive fluid accumulator" (extract gasses from orbit). I had no idea.. 🚀