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Now I am worried about exploitation in the name of exploration by humans
by praveen9920 6y ago
Now I am worried about exploitation in the name of exploration by humans
- hinkley 6y agoWould it be so bad if the mining was on the far side of the moon?
- ffpip 6y agoIt won't stop there.
- hinkley 6y agoCould be. One of the things I'm worried about is that I think space mining rhetoric has vastly underestimated the consequences of the dust, both on the moon and in the asteroid belt. It might take generations to scrape the far side of the moon, but the dust could be a problem within a few years.
- sbmthakur 6y agoWhat kind of exploitation?
- mhh__ 6y agoI think it is possible to expand into space while maintaining nature. The issue is doing it multilaterally, and in such a way that the proceeds are vaguely available to everyone. I don't mean space communism - consider Starlink: Currently it looks useful, but if they were to pollute space (e.g. astronomy) solely for the benefit of the US mainland I think you could easily argue it isn't justifiable internationally.