• Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca
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    8 hours ago

    The moon could serve as the launch point for further exploration of the solar system. Off the top of my head, the big benefit of that would be asteroid mining.

    To me that’s the biggest draw of developing our local spaceflight capabilities. Mining on earth is a gigantic environmental issue. If we could do that in space where the ores are already partially exposed, that would be awesome.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      8 hours ago

      Off the top of my head, the big benefit of that would be asteroid mining.

      Science fiction is fun but get serious.

      • chinaski@lemmy.ml
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        7 hours ago

        There are companies already developing the tech to do this.

        ∙	AstroForge
        ∙	Karman+
        ∙	TransAstra
        ∙	Asteroid Mining Corporation (AMC)
        ∙	Origin Space​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
        
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          3 hours ago

          LOL. oh, companies looking for investors, much be true then.

          How many electric car companies from a decade ago still exist?

          • Ninjasftw@lemmy.world
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            3 hours ago

            Yeah you’re right we should never try to do anything because some might fail. How many cancer treatments fail, I guess we should stop trying those too