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I think a SS will be essential as a waypoint but the difference is we can't mine anything at scale in space but we can on the moon. A full scale Mars civilizati
by snarf21 5y ago
I think a SS will be essential as a waypoint but the difference is we can't mine anything at scale in space but we can on the moon. A full scale Mars civilization is never happening without a major advance in propulsion and cost-effective materials. The moon is close enough that we can iterate and learn fairly quickly. There are so so many things we only think we know how to do but haven't really tried. Hopefully all these fake space flights can at least fun a moon colony. In the end though, humans are selfish and we won't take care of the next planet any better than we do this one.
- mooreds 5y ago> we can't mine anything at scale in space but we can on the moon Huh. I thought we could mine asteroids in space pretty effectively? https://www.milkenreview.org/articles/mining-in-space-is-coming https://www.milkenreview.org/articles/mining-in-space-is-com... has some details.
- snarf21 5y agoSorry, I wasn't clear in that statement. I meant that if we are on a space station in orbit somewhere we can't mine anything right there. We could go to an asteroid or whatever or we could go to the moon which is always right there.