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Mick's avatar

if we are ever going to mine asteroids we need a base outside the bottom of earth's gravity well. The moon is a great starting point.

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Madjack's avatar

You are truly an optimist. Mine asteroids. I’m just hoping not to be incinerated in a nuclear exchange in the next few weeks

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Stxbuck's avatar

Ok-honest question-do asteroids-or the moon-have viable mineral deposits worth the expense of mining?

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Madjack's avatar

Great question. I am not sure but I doubt there are any minerals worth enough to overcome the extraordinary fixed costs of celestial mining

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