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Orbital mechanics is very very predictable.

Not as much as speculators like to believe. Maintenance is a thing, especially in something physically active. We can barely automate the diagnostic process, and even then actually fixing things is far more unpredictable. If a structural bar you think was over-engineered breaks because it was...

If we are acting on a big enough of a scale that it is possible for that to be a problem, then it not a problem. The energy threshold you are talking about is immense. You are literally talking about moving planetary masses around the solar system, and the amount of energy need to do that isn't...

I've long stated that as soon as space mining is financially possible, the outer-space treaty would get reneged upon. Squatters rights will be what really governs it.