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Such optimism about space travel from 1970 (infosec.pub)

submitted 6 days ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/justpost@lemmy.world

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[–] Wahots@pawb.social 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yep, there's a fuckload of minerals on the moon, and in our solar system. Enough metals to probably crash a handful of industries on Earth. The moon would be a useful gateway to many of the outer planets since it's gravity is weaker, and there's no atmosphere, in addition to the raw materials.

For mining, refueling* and power generation*, the moon makes a ton of sense.

*Some of these require technologies we don't yet have, but may soon.

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 days ago

Enough metals to probably crash a handful of industries on Earth.

Not even remotely economical, if we account for the transport costs.

The moon would be a useful gateway to many of the outer planets since it's gravity is weaker, and there's no atmosphere, in addition to the raw materials.

And what do we want to do there? It has the same problem as the moon.