It has come up in talks with a friend of mine, I have read an independent article on it and I have also read Musk wants to do it. That is my experience with the topic. I think it’s patronizing that you tell me how I should phrase my question.
What ultimately stopps us is the fact that the universe is expanding infintly. In the long run more matter is moving away from us than towards us. And this is true for everywhere in the universe. All atoms will eventually become subatomic particles that are increasingly less likely to interact with one another due to them moving away from one another.
Are they still safe for consumption? Have their ideals gone style?
Oh right. I already forgot about the underwater data centre hype. Data centre in space would face much of the same challenges so the concept has basically already been tried and failed.