The document discusses the history and future of space exploration and exploitation. It mentions that a majority of people favor space tourism for the price of a car. It also discusses the concept of space colonization removing limits to growth and changing perceptions of the future. Finally, it notes that asteroid 16 Psyche contains enough iron-nickel ore to satisfy metal production for 500 million years, highlighting the potential limitless resources and possibilities in space.
5. COLONIZATION "This whole issue of limits to growth, which provides a psychological, as well as a physical, cap on potential expansion of activity and awareness, has had a very depressing effect on many people.... I don't for a moment think that there's any concept which anyone's working with now which will be followed as a straightforward scenario. But the idea embodied in concepts such as space colonization or space industrialization, or availability of nonterrestrial resources, is fundamental, and it will change the way in which people look at the future.“ Astronaut Rusty Schweickart, "One Man's Approach to Space" in Worlds Beyond, edited by Larry Geis, 1978
6. Exploitation and Utilization Asteroid 16 psyche contains 1.7 X 10^19 Kg of Iron-Nickel ore. Enough to satisfy production for 500 Million years
