@kboyd @mekkaokereke the protomolecule, like climate change, does not care if you're a billionaire

I don't think it's a messed up future; I think it's a plausible future. If it becomes economical enough to operate in space like that with humans and have an entire industry devoted to dangerous asteroid mining jobs which also destroy your health as a side effect we will have the poorest people doing those jobs. That's how our lives work today.