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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Humanophile" data-source="post: 1994130" data-attributes="member: 1049">Which is about as likely as me learning to prepare a fireball out of my PHB.The only thing I disagree with in the initial post is that nowadays, there are substances more valueable than gold.  The problem with the "space leap" is that the farther away a resource load is, the more expensive it will be to get to.  I'm sure at some point in the future we'll find a load of some substance that's worth the cost to get there, when combined with the advances in space travel science has sputtered towards since then.  But given the lack of valueables we can find nearby, I wonder what sort of treasure trove we'd need to make up for the up-front costs.</blockquote>