795
submitted 2 months ago by Stamau123@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

The moon could serve as the launch point for further exploration of the solar system. Off the top of my head, the big benefit of that would be asteroid mining.

To me that's the biggest draw of developing our local spaceflight capabilities. Mining on earth is a gigantic environmental issue. If we could do that in space where the ores are already partially exposed, that would be awesome.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Off the top of my head, the big benefit of that would be asteroid mining.

Science fiction is fun but get serious.

[-] chinaski@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

There are companies already developing the tech to do this.

∙	AstroForge
∙	Karman+
∙	TransAstra
∙	Asteroid Mining Corporation (AMC)
∙	Origin Space​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Lol, let's fuck moon like we fucked earth. (Not a criticism on you btw)

[-] chinaski@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

We will absolutely wreck whatever we impose ourselves on!

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

LOL. oh, companies looking for investors, much be true then.

How many electric car companies from a decade ago still exist?

[-] Ninjasftw@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah you're right we should never try to do anything because some might fail. How many cancer treatments fail, I guess we should stop trying those too

this post was submitted on 01 Apr 2026
795 points (100.0% liked)

World News

56472 readers
2276 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News !news@lemmy.world

Politics !politics@lemmy.world

World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS