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Rage4Bacon

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7. Why? You think mankind is destined to remain trapped on this rock?

Reply to TeamPooka (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 05:03 PM

Jan 2017

Our obvious destiny lies out there... and we get to explore it just like our ancestors explored the entire planet.

Cowering at the bottom of a gravity well is no way to end a billion year long evolutionary track.

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Billionaire closer to mining the moon for trillions of dollars in riches [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2017 OP

Well, someone's got to do it. Dave Starsky Jan 2017 #1

mining the moon - you mean $20Mill in someones back pocket?? asiliveandbreathe Jan 2017 #2

I wish them all the failure in the Universe TeamPooka Jan 2017 #3

Why? You think mankind is destined to remain trapped on this rock? Rage4Bacon Jan 2017 #7

There's plenty of room left on this rock. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2017 #22

We didnt populate the entire world when we left Africa either Rage4Bacon Jan 2017 #23

wtf? Why? Calculating Jan 2017 #10

Bomb the Moon! AngryAmish Jan 2017 #12

I'm not ready to let the uber rich plunder the universe's natural resources quite yet. TeamPooka Jan 2017 #13

They can't really hurt the moon Calculating Jan 2017 #14

You've only been here 6 months or so.... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2017 #15

Because we haven't shown responsibility. We havent shown respect. AgadorSparticus Jan 2017 #29

Let them "mine" it all they want... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2017 #4

I recall reading something years ago about how easy it would be to send stuff from rzemanfl Jan 2017 #5

Easy enough Rage4Bacon Jan 2017 #6

You're Going To Refine The Platinum On The Moon? ProfessorGAC Jan 2017 #9

Far more productive with asteroids Rage4Bacon Jan 2017 #18

I Don't Think You've Thought The Economics Through ProfessorGAC Jan 2017 #31

It is cheaper and more lucrative to mine the Blue_true Jan 2017 #16

Precisely. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2017 #17

Not really. Easy as computing a trajectory Rage4Bacon Jan 2017 #19

So based on your "Basketball sized" lump you mentioned earlier.... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2017 #21

Cost to launch a kilo to earth orbit is not relevant to getting a kilo from the moon to orbit. Thor_MN Jan 2017 #24

You still have to get all the machinery TO THE MOON in order to mine it A HERETIC I AM Jan 2017 #32

Which does not change the point that the cost to earth orbit is irrelevant. Thor_MN Jan 2017 #34

Great news Matthew28 Jan 2017 #8

So when does the theme park open? Initech Jan 2017 #11

In the Star Trek Movie "The Undiscovered Country".... Xolodno Jan 2017 #20

Praxus.... sdfernando Jan 2017 #27

The "trillions of dollars in riches" 404usernamenotfound Jan 2017 #25

Sure...it all goes well until the nuclear storage depot on the moon blows up and rips sdfernando Jan 2017 #26

The moon is a damned boring place mineralogically. hunter Jan 2017 #28

How can any country "own" the moon? What if China beats us to it? LonePirate Jan 2017 #30

And it's going to cost trillions to set up the whole scheme to transport madinmaryland Jan 2017 #33