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Good news, we have big plans to send significant quantities of copper and aluminum into orbit with zero possibility of recovery.

• throwup238 8mo ago
  Good news, that’s a tiny drop in the bucket compared to mining operations. Rocket payloads are measured in the metric tons; copper mining is measured in tens of millions of metric tons per year. It’s not even a rounding error, you’d have to launch hundreds of solid copper rockets a day to even make a dent.
  • russdill 8mo ago
    Elon is talking about a million satellite constellation and launching a rocket capable of putting 100 tons into orbit every hour.
    • throwup238 8mo ago
      And here I thought we’d moved past taking his nonsense at face value.