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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We’re not mining anything in space anytime soon. The climate crisis will end that possibility long before we can develop automated systems sufficient to get the mechanics in place and ore safely back to wherever it’s needed on Earth.

Right now spaceflight is just another profit vehicle for billionaires. The don’t get paid because of the work the companies do, they get paid because the stocks they have from those companies keep going up.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

Lemmy commenter used layman heuristics!

Lemmy commenter missed!