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sofa king

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11. I cannot believe nobody else sees...

Reply to hue (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2013, 02:47 PM

Jan 2013

... a certain other implication which will naturally evolve from this.

Imagine, if you will, our solar system as a cliff face, with the sun as the valley floor and the planets and smaller bodies as edifices at various heights up the cliff according to their distance from the sun.

What can the person farthest up the cliff do to everyone else the easiest, at any distance below him?

Piss on 'em, that's what.

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New venture 'to mine asteroids' [View all] hue Jan 2013 OP

Won't be long before the usual Misanthrope Luddite brigade denounces this... Odin2005 Jan 2013 #1

I'd rather strip mine an asteroid, than part of the earth. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #2

I agree. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #4

Live webcast at 10am PST bananas Jan 2013 #3

I don't know, lad. Orrex Jan 2013 #5

Better remember to pack a few skiing brochures, just in case (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jan 2013 #8

Did you forget the crackers, Grommit? Dont call me Shirley Jan 2013 #14

"Aim to use asteroid water to provide fuel (LH2/LOX) and asteroid metals for parts " JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2013 #6

Well it's going to happen sooner or later lunatica Jan 2013 #7

Are they going to wait for Atari to go out of business first? kentauros Jan 2013 #9

Better be careful on which asteroid to land on. edbermac Jan 2013 #10

I cannot believe nobody else sees... sofa king Jan 2013 #11

In space, no one can hear you piss Orrex Jan 2013 #12

Strangely enough the Sun is actually kind of hard to get to in energy terms from orbit Fumesucker Jan 2013 #15

'Home is where the heart is ... but the stars are made of latinum' Baclava Jan 2013 #13