Comment Extrapolation? (Score 1) 167
Wasn't Brunei's wealth mainly based on oil production? If so, how can they still sponsor space flight 10 years after the replacement of fossil fuels? They should be broke by then unless they made some clever investments.
I think he also neglects possible progress in medicine. In order to delay ageing, people have to relocate to the moon of all places? It's more likely that before any space hotels arrive, the rich can afford to double their life expectancy, while maintaining physical health, right here on earth. Ageing and death is one of the most pressing problems to the developed societies, so it will be the field where most money will pour into.
