[Rockhounds] How ending mining would change the world

[axel.emmermann at telenet.be]

>>George Martin's books are all excellent, the Expanse stands out.

Indeed!

>> (mostly) based on reality (except for spaceships that seem to travel awful darn fast).

That is because we are used to "short burns" space crafts. Limited fuel = limited speed.
If you could make an engine that delivers thrust for unlimited periods of time, you could fly to the moon in 20 minutes and to Mars in less than a week or so.

They are indeed done... The saga continues but after 30 years.... They leap forward skipping a generation. Jeff Bezos quit.