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Yes. Start at page 77: "NONTERRESTRIAL UTILIZATION OF MATERIALS: AUTOMATED SPACE MANUFACTURING FACILITY".

"The team surmises that within the next 50 years robot systems will be capable of handling a large fraction of the needs of a general-purpose SMF."

44 years later, not even close.

Google DeepMind robotics today.[1] Can put a shirt on a hanger, but not button or unbutton it.

[1] https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/advances-in-robot-dext...




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