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Hirom@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Hypothetically, it would only make sense to mine rare materials in space, and it would only have environmental benefits if we return significant amount compared to the mass of rockets we send into space.

There is no coal/gas/oil in space, and even it we could burning, and even mining were cleaner, burning that stuff would still be disastrous.

Space mining would be a best viable for a very niche use for a few material. It won’t bring us infinite clean resources, overall we still need to reduce extraction of resources.

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