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> ow the sun or other stars work, but we can’t even begin to dream about creating one

Wolfram didn't answer "how much would a solar mass of hydrogen cost" for me, but it did tell me that the solar mass is 1.988435×10^33 grams, and another search found hydrogen prices [1] in the range of US$ 250 to 1350 per MT ... So just the financing on building another sun is going to be tricky.

[1] I know it's not all hydrogen but we'll burn those bridges when we get to them.




Oof, and you didn't even factor in extra-solar shipping costs. Thats most of the expense, really.


Gotta budget for some extra hydrogen to burn the bridges.




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