• threelonmusketeersM
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    17 days ago

    Neat. Seems a bit early, but it’s cool that some folks are already looking into the feasibility of asteroid mining.

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      16 days ago

      The founder has been on the Pathfinder podcast a few times now. I think it’s an interesting listen, but maybe a just drank the Koolaid. They already launched a forge demonstrator, then largely built this new fly-by bus from scratch. Launch prices and availability, specifically lunar rideshares to jump to deep space, are making the business case more viable.