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Be that as it may, my main point would be that basic orbital and interplanetary infrastructure is an incredibly worthwhile investment since it will allow us to start tapping into energy collection, as well as mining, of a different order of magnitude than we currently have access to on earth :)
To be fair, he did manage to mind read Sauron without revealing anything back, so Pippin does seem to have quite a lot of orb pondering talent.