oh derp
thanks for commenting, reading the post again my initial answer is real stupid😬
Comment on Could space mining alter earth orbit?
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 week agoI wouldn’t say likely without some revolutionary new propulsion device. We can pump water out of the ground fairly easily but transporting material through space and then landing on the planet is still in science fiction territory.
recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
sxan@midwest.social 1 week ago
Overthinking. Just mine a bunch of iron, or gold, or whatever you can get and drop it in big chunks right on the planet. Don’t bother trying to land the stuff. Aim for Mar A Lago. Then drive in and surface mine the payload.