1/2 Part 3 of casts I wouldnt tweet

Elon/NASA's plans for sustained human presence in space are doomed

In all of human history, settlements only became sustainable and grew with strong economic development

We are on the precipice of building a strong economy in Low Earth Orbit

founder @vardaspace village idiot @foundersfund

Reminds me of my favorite post by Nick Szabo http://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-to-succeed-or-fail-on-frontier.html

And yet at this exact moment, NASA is completely draining all of its LEO projects to fund Artemis

Versus, with intense focus and development, we could have 100+ humans in LEO, focused on manufacturing, refueling + servicing of satellites

Which paves the way for the Moon + Mars.