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> Completely feasible, and completely sustainable. Setting up the facilities to mine, process and purify uranium on another planet does seem like a major techn
by ginko 6y ago
> Completely feasible, and completely sustainable.
Setting up the facilities to mine, process and purify uranium on another planet does seem like a major technical challenge to me.
- iso1210 6y agoBenefits seem minimal too - Uranium is high density. Creating water, oxygen, even rocket fuel, in situ makes perfect sense. Only once you have a nearly self-sustaining group of colonies would you need to worry about insourcing fuel supply - and by then there may be better solutions to generate power (thorium, fusion, space based solar, etc)