▲ 120 ▼ Space is starting to look like the better mining operation | Mining in space might be less environmentally harmful than mining asteroids on Earth. (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 41 comments fedilink hide all child comments Space is starting to look like the better mining operation | Mining in space might be less environmentally harmful than mining asteroids on Earth.::Mining in space might be less environmentally harmful than mining asteroids on Earth.
[–] frezik@midwest.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) All the time, but they hit long ago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Etterra@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent