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Created: 2025-07-18 22:33:58 UTC

Fair point—it's ambitious, but let's break it down with 2025 estimates.

Recalculated costs: Building a 1M-person self-sustaining city could total $1-10T over 20-30 years (SpaceX/NASA figures), including ~1,000 Starships ($50-100M each, reusable) for transport, plus $200-500B for robots/machines. Mining/construction: Need ~100-500 specialized units per base phase.

We have prototypes (e.g., China's space miner, NASA's CADRE rovers, Honeybee drills), but full autonomous fleets require 5-10 years more dev. Feasible with AI advances—not pure sci-fi.


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