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OCT 09, 12:03 PM
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Apparently the U.S. , Russia and China all want to. Anyone else heard about it?
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MidEngineManiac
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OCT 09, 12:06 PM
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Whatever it is, it better be DAMN valuable to cover the costs of getting it !
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Boondawg
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OCT 09, 01:21 PM
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There will be off-world mining.
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maryjane
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OCT 09, 01:22 PM
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rinselberg
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OCT 09, 02:20 PM
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I think the moon would not be of great interest for mining, but could be used as a base to get to asteroids with more valuable metals and ores that could be mined.
Just 2 cents worth.
But hey Russia (or China) "If you want to do mining of the moon... you do you."
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LitebulbwithaFiero
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OCT 09, 02:23 PM
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williegoat
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OCT 09, 02:32 PM
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the fracking fluid:
You had to have been there.[This message has been edited by williegoat (edited 10-09-2020).]
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maryjane
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OCT 09, 02:57 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
the fracking fluid:
You had to have been there.
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I was, and on some weekends when visiting neighbors, still am. (before Covid anyway)
(Hecho en Mexico Royal Crown Cola tastes just as good as the original did)
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TheDigitalAlchemist
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OCT 09, 03:13 PM
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I recall there being a few materials that would be worth mining... but If you change the mass of the moon...
I dunno, I feel like that's not a great idea. Maybe it would cause a gradual change over a looong time, but our orbit is relatively stable very little "drift"... it would suck if changing the mass of the moon caused something to happen, like altering our earth/sun orbit or Earth/moon orbit...
The moon, she's a spinnin'!
I know the mass would only change a wee bit... but frakkin' the moon... we should focus on the resources found on Earth (both in the ground and from the freaking SUN)…
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Boondawg
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OCT 09, 04:10 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by TheDigitalAlchemist:
I recall there being a few materials that would be worth mining... but If you change the mass of the moon...
I dunno, I feel like that's not a great idea. Maybe it would cause a gradual change over a looong time, but our orbit is relatively stable very little "drift"... it would suck if changing the mass of the moon caused something to happen, like altering our earth/sun orbit or Earth/moon orbit...
The moon, she's a spinnin'!
I know the mass would only change a wee bit... but frakkin' the moon... we should focus on the resources found on Earth (both in the ground and from the freaking SUN)…
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If 1 metric ton of material was completely removed from the moon every day, it would take 220 million years to remove 1% of the moons total mass, which is not enough to effect it or is.
Or not... [This message has been edited by Boondawg (edited 10-09-2020).]
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