• burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    I agree with you for now, but I’m intrigued by asteroid mining. Asteroid sample return missions demonstrated that it’s possible in small quantities. Dropping launch and satellite costs could make it economically viable to mine and refine metal-type asteroids for terrestrial or deep space use and reduce terrestrial mining and pollution. Astroforge has been working on demo missions, and Karman+ is a new startup in the same space.