• 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