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LudwigPastorius

(14,828 posts)

5. "...no vital amount of anything of use for us there."

Reply to Smackdown2019 (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2026, 03:13 PM

Apr 8

Well, there is Helium-3, but, for now, it would be too damned expensive to mine and bring back to Earth to make it worthwhile.

I hate to say I agree with Elon Musk, but I do believe that colonizing other bodies in the solar system is necessary for our long term survival as a species. It sure as hell won't be cheap and easy, but there WILL be another extinction level rock or comet hitting the Earth some day...maybe tomorrow.