I read once that with a 100m telescope, we can image continents on exoplanets. We could construct a 100m segmented telescope in orbit, if only we had sufficient launches to get all the segments up, and sufficient capacity to send the assembly robots / astronauts. Today's tech, launch limited.
In general, once you get to LEO, you're half way to anywhere ... That is, getting to low earth orbit is half the battle. Spacex will remove that battle for everyone, making space expansion and exploration 2x easier.
My dream is earth-orbiting shipyards for outer planet missions and interstellar missions. There's nothing stopping us but will.
Here's a writeup: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/internal_resources/1375/
In general, once you get to LEO, you're half way to anywhere ... That is, getting to low earth orbit is half the battle. Spacex will remove that battle for everyone, making space expansion and exploration 2x easier.
My dream is earth-orbiting shipyards for outer planet missions and interstellar missions. There's nothing stopping us but will.