Workers In Space Will Live In Igloos

Glen Hendrix
Sep 6, 2018 · 6 min read

The mining of asteroids will begin in earnest within the next 10 to 100 years. The asteroids chosen for retrieval and processing will almost certainly contain water because water will be one of the most valuable commodities in space, if not the most valuable. Not only does water contain hydrogen and oxygen for rocket fuel, humans need it for survival; and it is very efficient at stopping many types of radiation.

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