Critters that can recycle parts of themselves for fuel are better able to cope with lean times than those that cannot.

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Other countries like China recycle their foreign trade imbalances and use dollars as fuel subsidies.

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It will develop orbiting fuel depots, rendezvous-and-docking technologies, advanced life-support systems that recycle all of their materials, and better motors for spacecraft.

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