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Space is starting to look like the better mining operation | Mining in space might be less environmentally harmful than mining asteroids on Earth. (arstechnica.com)
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Space is starting to look like the better mining operation | Mining in space might be less environmentally harmful than mining asteroids on Earth.::Mining in space might be less environmentally harmful than mining asteroids on Earth.

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[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 32 points 2 years ago (13 children)

Less harmful to Earth's environment, anyway. The environment on those asteroids is going to be all kinds of fucked up, hard luck for any giant space slugs that might be living there.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I mean this is kind of a ridiculous take. There is no environment there. They are asteroids. The asteroid belt represents ~3% the mass of the moon.. There are plenty. Enough with the hand wringing.

It would be great if we could move this environmentally destructive practice to a place where there is no environment. Its one of the few justifications that really makes sense for investment in space travel. Not because it could be profitable, but because it could help us preserve literally the only habitable place in the universe we know of. That alone should be justification for investment.

Its just another implication of how hard it is for humans to understand that "space is big".

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't think it was ridiculous at all, and I wholeheartedly believe this would negatively impact the giant space slugs from Empire Strikes Back. Can't you tell how serious I am?

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

Plus what about the giant space potato bugs that live under these rocks? They'll die without shelter.

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