"I think it lowers the barriers to entry for satellite launch, and for the exploration and exploitation of space technology, for smaller companies, university centers, " he said.

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If the US can increase production by 25% within the decade, could the world?? I doubt it, but we cannot be sure, because there are bound to be fields in other countries ripe for exploitation with the same technology.

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Lacking prototype development facilities, the technology they offered tended to be too immature for commercial exploitation.

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The exploitation of that technology will go on of for a very long time, maybe even longer than computing power has done but with results which we can scarcely imagine.

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