Re: Breaking an orbiting object
"or else create electricity via solar panels"
You might be able to do this for "stationary" sites but it's less viable at mars orbit and virtually unusable at the asteroid belt - which is where all the raw materials are.
Transport might well be cheap and easy for robots but moving people around in reasonable time is going to require something between 2-20TW of _continuous_ thrust systems (this was calculated by various folks analysing "The Expanse") or the life support load is going to overwhelm your other requirements. People are fragile.
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