floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoGeologists doubt Earth has the amount of copper needed to develop the entire worldwww.earth.comexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoThere’s also the idea of crashing a metallic asteroid somewhere convenient, like the Outback.
minus-squareastropenguin5@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoIf you have the tech to do that, just capture the asteroid in orbit and mine it in space.
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoYeah, that ain’t happening for the next 50 years. The amount of logistics and technology required for that is beyond immense, never mind risks
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoOh, and you say risks, I say: military application potential.
There’s also the idea of crashing a metallic asteroid somewhere convenient, like the Outback.
If you have the tech to do that, just capture the asteroid in orbit and mine it in space.
Yeah, that ain’t happening for the next 50 years. The amount of logistics and technology required for that is beyond immense, never mind risks
Oh, and you say risks, I say: military application potential.