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Given space mining and in situ production goes well, where would a space shipyard best located, LEO, GEO or one of L points and why?

Rough ideas regarding "specs" of the shipyard:

  • a space shipyard is a place in space to build interplanetary space ships close to today's technology
  • for example for colonizing Mars, possibly thousands of units or way more will be required to build and fuel
  • space mining assumption is, you would transport iron-nickel asteroids to the shipyard

Logistically, it seems meaningful to me that the location of such a factory should be somewhere close to Earth but I can't argument where exactly, and why.

J. Doe
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  • I don't think this extremely terse question can be answered in any meaningful way. If you care to expand and explain what you mean by a space shipyard, what it will build, your assumptions about space mining and where it takes place, you might have something. Otherwise, no. – Organic Marble Aug 07 '18 at 13:18
  • @peterh thanks; the question does not suggest a vote but an argument why e.g. LEO would be most suitable over other options. If of course possible, here I'm not sure. – J. Doe Aug 07 '18 at 15:05
  • @J.Doe I think Lagrange-points might be useful is fuel is an issue (most likely it will be), but time is not. Thus, chaotical, very cost-effective trajectories can be used for robotic spaceships to collect the mined substances. Btw, I think it is very unlikely that iron-nickel would be ever so costly that it would be reasonable to mine it in other planets. I am thinking on more interesting things (gold, platinum, He3 will be the first). – peterh Aug 07 '18 at 15:12

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