• Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    Asteroid mining would mean no more mining on our planet, which is one of the most polluting things on here right now.

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          1 year ago

          wow that narrows it down to only 2/3 of elements

          • HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org
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            1 year ago

            Pretty sure that except for the ones that we have to make in a particle accelerator, we could get the full list.

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            They can mine whatever we need, one of the first targets is titanium because it’s very abundant up there, scarce down here, and incredibly useful for all sorts of chemistry and manufacturing