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02-23-2018, 04:37 PM
What do you guys think of this? haven't been any recent threads on the topic so wanted to see if there are any new opinions on the subject
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TSiPprjloo
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02-23-2018, 06:03 PM
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02-23-2018, 06:15 PM
I'm more interested in hearing about economically viable solutions to mining untapped areas of Earth. There's a huge amount of Earth (deep sea and below ice) that has yet to be explored. That's the key - economically viable. Anyone can throw out random futuristic ideas with the intent to suck in vast amounts of unproductive capital. That's not useful because it rarely leads to any progress and does nothing to advance society technologically. Society won't be doing anything notable in space likely for hundreds to thousands of years. Using Earth-like combustion methods for space propulsion or any activity in space is not the answer and a laughable waste of time and money.
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02-23-2018, 08:44 PM
I'm very interested, and I have a marketable skill set in this field.
I want to go to space. However, I want to get laid, and I want to be able to go drink at a cool bar when I'm there.
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02-23-2018, 10:14 PM
Humanity hasn't settled the poles or the oceans yet. You are watching too many sci-fi movies and jerking off to Spacex porn. Don't put the cart in front of the horse, we aren't there yet.
Once someone makes Antarctica and the ocean floors habitable, then I will believe humanity is anywhere near a point where it can reach out and do something valuable beyond earth's orbit.
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02-24-2018, 12:17 AM
Got 40 seconds in and heard deGrasse Tyson.
One of the few people in this world who I can't listen to.
My prediction for worlds first trillionaire will be the first person to create an apt AI software that teaches itself how to make money online.
God Tyson is infuriating. Still got a bad taste in my ears from his voice.
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02-24-2018, 06:43 AM
Illusion misdirection and ridicule are the 3 hallmarks of an operation of deception, the last one being the most efficient "Too much scifi dude...".
Do not talk about innovative ideas, it's the consensus here, or at least not seriously, like talking about crypto-currencies 10y ago would have got you kicked out of most money talks but today everyone is in it.
The what-should-I-text-next is almost 3300 posts long because nobody have been able to come with a solid framework to answer text but some interesting threads with good ideas are left dying.
This thread had potential but, as always, it has been driven down even when good hypothesis because yes fossile combustible won't be the way to explore space and believing tyson degrasse space rambles is like following dr oz health advices...
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02-24-2018, 09:47 AM
We'll definitely see space mining. It will be under 100 years. Technically we've already mined things in space. We got moon rocks from the apollo missions and right now we have a rover on mars that's drilling into soil and taking samples. The biggest problem is getting off earth cheaply and powering missions once in space. Both of those things can be overcome. It's one thing to go to another planet though. It's totally something different to set up a complete supply chain in space.
The issue is that we need nuclear power for any sort of serious space exploration and the regulatory environment in USA sucks when it comes to getting reactors approved. That's why we're seeing companies building reactors in China and India and the people creating new types of reactors are doing it in Canada and other countries where it's easier.
The next phase will be putting a permanent colony on mars. After that we can start thinking about mining asteroids. I think we won't even need to solve the issue of launching from earth because we'll be able to manufacture things on mars.
Equally we won't be mining the deep ocean floor for a while. We don't currently have the materials to build large scale craft that can withstand the pressures at that depth.
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02-24-2018, 10:16 AM
Maybe its the mass effect fanboy in me that has me excited for this. Pretty much everything nowadays was a breakthrough away. cars, planes, weapons, etc. All DRASTICALLY changed within 10-20 years. It's always easier to innovate than it is to come up with a new concept.
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02-24-2018, 03:31 PM
I'm still waiting for power laces, flying cars, mr fusion and self drying jackets promised in Back to the Future 2.
Sort those and then we can talk about 'space mining'.
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02-24-2018, 04:13 PM
Flying cars are around the corner, in the form of passenger drones, they will replace more expensive options like helicopters which are already in use by the 0.1% in cities like Sao Paolo. Uber passenger drones will be the equivalent of limousine service in many metropoles by the next decade.
http://www.businessinsider.com/flying-ca...016-6?op=1
Cold fusion and other forms of cheap energy technology are being suppressed, but eventually that dam could break.
I think asteroid mining could well happen within 20-40 years, in a multipolar world where countries like China will have achieved full techonological parity and competition for resources is further intensified.
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02-24-2018, 06:47 PM
I've ran some simulations in Kerbal Space Program and they suggest the answer is: No.
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02-25-2018, 05:32 AM
Nope - won't happen with our current leadership.
The globalists even if they have the technology to mine asteroids, won't be doing jack shit. They would rather kill 6.5 billion of you before showing you a way off the prison-planet.
That's kind of their shtick and they have not changed their plans ever since their ancestors came up with their grand shitty plan riddled by syphilis-induced paranoia.
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02-25-2018, 05:46 AM
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02-25-2018, 08:52 AM
Isn't this one of the main goals of the Bezos owned Blue Origin? Tons of rare earth minerals on asteroids.