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MineralMan

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38. We all have opinions. Please feel free to share yours.

Reply to Happy Hoosier (Reply #36)

Tue Jul 20, 2021, 12:53 PM

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One small step for the 1%, nothing for mankind. n/t [View all] Raven Jul 2021 OP

Astronaut Bezos? Please... SCRUBDASHRUB Jul 2021 #1

Yah, almost threw up over that, astronaut Bezos my ass. a kennedy Jul 2021 #3

Ain't that the truth. NCDem47 Jul 2021 #2

maybe he will stay Javaman Jul 2021 #4

Yeah, because eventually being able to mine asteroids for minerals instead of Earth is nothing. krispos42 Jul 2021 #5

That's just silly. What Bezos did has nothing MineralMan Jul 2021 #7

I'd be more scared of asteroids being used as weapons instead ansible Jul 2021 #11

That video always cracks me up. Sympthsical Jul 2021 #54

That's no moon, that's a space station. Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #55

I am not paying $500 to spring a moon out of the yard! n/t Sympthsical Jul 2021 #56

With high enough concentrations of Rhodium and iridium in asteroids DFW Jul 2021 #16

What makes you think there are such concentrations of MineralMan Jul 2021 #28

A very long time? 48656c6c6f20 Jul 2021 #32

You continue to misunderstand me. MineralMan Jul 2021 #34

Yeah I would too 48656c6c6f20 Jul 2021 #46

Several studies, articles, discussions, e.g. DFW Jul 2021 #35

Iridium is how we know what happened to the dinosaurs Sympthsical Jul 2021 #57

Those goals use the same technology krispos42 Jul 2021 #27

Do you have some expertise here? Happy Hoosier Jul 2021 #31

Expertise? No more than anyone else who has followed MineralMan Jul 2021 #33

WEll as someone who works in aerospace R&D Happy Hoosier Jul 2021 #36

We all have opinions. Please feel free to share yours. MineralMan Jul 2021 #38

I just did. Happy Hoosier Jul 2021 #42

yeah, mining asteroids Will totally help... Marrah_Goodman Jul 2021 #50

If it does, good for them. Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #51

You and I have very different values. Marrah_Goodman Jul 2021 #52

Apparently so. I heartily approve of economic growth, especially when it comes from previously Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #53

Noted Marrah_Goodman Jul 2021 #63

And we may need those rare elements to advance our future technologies Sympthsical Jul 2021 #58

Orbital mining will be unmanned NickB79 Jul 2021 #60

I call BS Marrah_Goodman Jul 2021 #65

"You too can be an astronaut" dalton99a Jul 2021 #6

...and that's a very exciting prospect. brooklynite Jul 2021 #9

What nonsense! Space tourists, taking a 15-minute carnival ride. MineralMan Jul 2021 #10

"All you need is $200 billion and a dream!" Clash City Rocker Jul 2021 #12

"Passenger" Bezos FakeNoose Jul 2021 #30

none of m browsers would reproduce this pic, im glad i didnt look at it. AllaN01Bear Jul 2021 #8

Lol, the whiners here crack me up! Nt USALiberal Jul 2021 #13

Slacktivism is easy... brooklynite Jul 2021 #14

+100. nt MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2021 #15

It's the same stuff that was said about the Apollo project DavidDvorkin Jul 2021 #20

Kids are inspired by big flashy things.... Jon King Jul 2021 #17

This is a very historic day! yaesu Jul 2021 #18

You may not like him, but this was a good thing in the long run ashredux Jul 2021 #19

I understand what people here are saying. Rustyeye77 Jul 2021 #21

maybe he could pay his fucking taxes Skittles Jul 2021 #62

One does not earn aviator wings for paying to ride in a commercial airliner. There's ... Brother Mythos Jul 2021 #22

Yup... that is exactly the size of this unless you count Bezos rocket penis NotHardly Jul 2021 #23

That's one small step for the 0.001%, not the 1% Dave says Jul 2021 #24

Mocking what Neil Armstrong did is DISGUSTING. AZ8theist Jul 2021 #25

You can't know anotherOKIE Jul 2021 #26

WRONG. Happy Hoosier Jul 2021 #29

Let's clean up our own house first and while we're at it, Raven Jul 2021 #37

That criticism has been leveled at virtually every space program, manned and unmanned. Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #39

True, but It hasn't sunk in yet, I guess. Raven Jul 2021 #40

I hope it never does. It's not as if we spend that much on space. Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #41

Because if we wait for there to be no suffering before doing great things... Happy Hoosier Jul 2021 #43

I count relieving suffering to be a "great thing". Raven Jul 2021 #44

Would you cancel the construction of all astronomical observatoiries as well? Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #45

You didn't answer the question. Happy Hoosier Jul 2021 #59

If you're going to wait for a billionaire to solve society's problems, then you're Politicub Jul 2021 #48

If we'd properly taxed the rich, they'd be unable to afford to shoot themselves into space NickB79 Jul 2021 #61

I call BS on that Marrah_Goodman Jul 2021 #64

Schlong Rocket sarcasmo Jul 2021 #47

11 minutes of ecstasy moondust Jul 2021 #49