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Asteroid mining. I really cant believe its not on Elon's mind, talk about disruptive!

• bryanlarsen 5y ago
  Why? There are no minerals available in space that wouldn't be cheaper to mine on Earth. Even with Starship's vastly reduced costs. https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2019/08/27/there-are-no-known-commodity-resources-in-space-that-could-be-sold-on-earth/ https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2019/08/27/there-are-no-k...
  • TylerE 5y ago
    I think the argument would be in conjunction with orbital factories. The cost may well be (much) higher than mining it on earth, but could still be much less than mining it on earth and then launching it to geosync.
  • freemint 5y ago
    Once you have orbital refuelling that changes the asymptotics little so it might be profitable then but that's like post moon station.