Quote:Oh, there's no doubt that we would've contracted out at least some of it, and probably needed the help for the first rock at the very least, not to mention getting the miners and their equipment into orbit.
...Come to think of it, Natalie and Stacy and the Dancer are likely known to, at the very least, ECSNorway's character - since they'd've been handling a large share of the back-and-forth runs between the asteroid mines and the surface, when that enterprise was first starting up... unless all of that was handled 'in house', as it were?
The key item we provided, going in, thought, was the legal representation and contract with the 'dane-side mining companies willing to take a chance on it. If you consider the three-step plan...
1) Haul rocks into orbit
2) ???
3) PROFIT!
We worked our asses off on step 1 right alongside you, and filled in the blanks for step 2.
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It's probably a regular business in later days, a few years down the road. Fannish prospectors find the rocks that are worth the effort, and get a finders' fee from the consortium of haulers that pulls them into orbit and handles the dickering with the mining companies. We take a commission on the hauling, and the profits end up getting split something like 70/15/15 between the mining company, us, and the discoverers. Then the hollowed-out rock belongs to its original discoverer, and they either take up residence, or we connect them with a buyer - and haul the rock to wherever the buyer wants it orbited.--
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