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I don't understand the obsession with colonizing other planets. The Earth's gravity well is by far the greatest obstacle on our way to the stars. It makes absolutely no sense to me to finally claw our way out of one gravity well only to immediately descend into another one. The asteroids have all the raw materials we need, we should be focusing on zero-g industry and habitats.
Correct, though Mercury might be a better candidate for space quarry than the asteroid belt in the long term.
Orbital habitats are so much more space-efficient, it's not even a competition.