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JJKBA t1_iy7yrhn wrote

As said, The Expanse is pretty believable although it actually have no “mega corps “. That is my guess, a bunch of Bezos and Musks controlling it all. So, pretty much as it is now, but in space.

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Reasonable_Basil5546 t1_iy8510c wrote

Kinda like a mix of The Expanse and The Outer Worlds. Corporate towns that treat work as a cure all, and sick people as lazy, worthless layabouts. Everything is leased, nothing owned, nothing without its price.

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MySpaceLegend t1_iy8a2nv wrote

Off world manufacturing would probably be 100% automated, no people involved

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EmbarassedFox t1_iy8arf8 wrote

Who would repair the automated systems? Repair robots would also need to be repaired, at times.

People would likely be cheaper.

Edit: there is also the question of speed. Sending a message to mars at lightspeed takes about 8 minutes. That's 8 minutes of sending a "error" message, plus another 8 of sending a "reset" back, in the simplest of cases, meaning 16 minutes of lost revenue. On-site personnel is a quicker response.

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Johnny_Glib t1_iy8f7re wrote

Repair robots will repair each other.

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MrZwink t1_iy9o4ir wrote

Yes this will be it. And when the repair robot can't solve it. There wil probably be some fall back to a human with remote access.

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MySpaceLegend t1_iy8eqhi wrote

I'd imagine AIs would do all the management on-site. Repairs would be done by maintenence drones and bots. All humans need to do is send annual production quota and finished products are sent to earth orbit to be picked up. We're not talking near-near future here though. In maybe 80 years?

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Uvtha- t1_iy9d5tm wrote

They likely wouldn't ever break in a meaningful way. Thing generally break because of imperfect human design and oversight. The eventual AI that will be developed will likely be much more capable of designing and maintaining the tools needed to do the space labor. It would be monitoring everything 24/7 and fixing problems (with advanced AI designed robotics) before they happen. It all depends on how quickly AI develops, but human labor is not going to be a big part of the sci fi future. In fact humans may not be a big part of it at all.

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minterbartolo t1_iy8f72c wrote

Jules Pierre Mao's Mao-Kwikowski Mercantile is the big mega corp of the expanse.

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Shillbot_9001 t1_iy8dqk9 wrote

>That is my guess, a bunch of Bezos and Musks controlling it all.

Odds are someone with an army will take anything they manage to build.

Unless they've got better armies.

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EmbarassedFox t1_iy8bj4e wrote

Isn't "a bunch of Bezos and Musks controlling it all" the basic idea of a megacorps?

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JJKBA t1_iy8c4q6 wrote

Well, I was too clear of what I meant I guess.

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