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Re:SpaceX craft overshot Mars’ orbit and is headed to astero... by WD-42 on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @10:04AM (#16324825)
"just the world's oceans"? I think you understate just how vast the oceans are. That's some seriously diluted gold.
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Re:SpaceX craft overshot Mars’ orbit and is headed to astero... by pwinnski on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @10:35AM (#16325069)
I suspect the comparison was against asteroid mining. The oceans are vast and difficult, but less vast and less difficult than space.
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Re:SpaceX craft overshot Mars’ orbit and is headed to astero... by Retric on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @01:55PM (#16327006)
My point is the earth is huge.

260 billion cubic miles worth of asteroids without going into space. Sure we are currently limited to a tiny fraction of that but start processing magma directly is an option.

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Re:SpaceX craft overshot Mars’ orbit and is headed to astero... by jws on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @10:14AM (#16324884)
Each person’s 5kg of gold also comes with a bonus of about 1/6 of a cubic kilometer of seawater. Hopefully yours is near a beach so you don’t have to haul it too far.
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