Quote:I'm not going to go so far as to say that the Mundanes will competely ignore Fenspace (the general public might - Fandom is at best composed of sideshow freaks for them) but their interaction with Fenspace is limited at best. Spies (CIA, MI5, MSS, FSB, etc.) among the fen are only logical. Embassies at Port Luna & an uneasy alliance between NASA and USAF personnel at a fen-built research station at L4 are one thing. Every idiot government on the planet having a 'wavetech space program is another.
However...
(Aside to ECSNorway: On further thought, it occurs that the Glovals in the AF/NASA/TSAB would see Fenspace as the Trouble Out There that needs defending from. Might think about that a bit.)
As for investment opportunities, I think we're looking at a bit of a mental disconnect. Most companies don't think in the kind of long-term investment that terraforming means. Mundanes who're thinking about getting rich off handwavium will be thinking about applying it to terrestrial problems. Like, for example, building superefficient solar cells, or biofuel generators, new pharmaceuticals, that sort of thing. Holographic TVs and cameras for better porn movies. (A good leading indicator on the success of new media technology, I might add.)
Eventually, yes, the Mundanes will come out to play in the grander solar system. But that eventually is still a long ways off by the timeframe of the SOS-dan Convention and the immediate events following it.---
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