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

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      • Etterra@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I think the implication was that some genius decided to suggest the idea of dropping the asteroids on the surface before mining them the old-fashioned way. Because there’s no way that could possibly go wrong. It’s not like anybody ever makes math errors or anything.

        • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Wait, that speed wasn’t given in feets per minute and the mass wasn’t in pounds? I guess we’ll find out if 1800 m/s is too fast for a smooth landing.