0001001 wrote:



True. About 50 years ago. Military is broke now. I dislike to admit it, but we're right at the door of a civilian age with no wars. Humanity will strive for the next hundred years. We'll easily turn the ocean into drinkable water and we'll start tapping into the energy of the sun in a more direct way.

The space industry will not create that many jobs in the US in 20 years alone. That company will profit a lot by mining asteroids, but not yet. If they do manage to create a constant traffic to the asteroid belt, which would take roughly 2 years to go and come back at current technology, they'll become the richest company in the world. One asteroid alone of a kilometre or two (or even less depending on contents) could cost a couple of trillions. It would only cost a few billions to get there in unmaneed craft, but we don't yet have the technology to do so.

Gold and other precious metals aren't that rare in the universe. But in our case, most of it sank into Earth's core or near it, because that's how gravity works. We don't know much about our core, much less even dream about digging near it. In asteroids they're easily obtained. There's not much to stop you in the universe. Assuming other bodies (like Jupiter) don't affect it, if you throw a rock towards Pluto from space, it'll eventually reach, after a few million years of course.

Zxzero wrote:

I know it sounds weird but i want to major in physics and computer sciences. I hope that I can one day say that I worked in building the first next big thing be it Giant Robot,Armor suit, ect

MrOhNo wrote:

How will the company earn profits now?

Teung wrote:

Would healthcare count? I'm going into Diagnostic Ultrasound.

johnsilver242 wrote:

Eh, I'm getting my PhD in engineering, but I don't really plan to use it. My ambition consists of getting a position at a community college and teaching. Also, are you from an HR recruiting firm? You kinda sound like it.

SatinChic wrote:

Infrastructure or Nuclear Engineering.

MrOhNo wrote:

Science and Mathematics is a broad range of majors. In four years about half a million jobs have been created. Where will these 250,00 jobs specifically related to developing space exploration technology will come from? I think any jobs created in engineering would be better suited towards environmental sustainability than space exploration technology; which will most likely end up in military tech before it enters space.