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Comment author: Vaniver 05 November 2014 11:55:45PM *  2 points [-]

What are plausible economic reasons to have a fair number of space stations?

The other country's is slightly bigger.

(If not clear from the choice of 'status competition' as the most plausible economic reason, I think that all reasonable economic activity in space will not involve humans in space.)