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Re:The potential of deep-sea mud as a source of rare-earth e... by jyounker on Friday January 11, 2019 @09:25AM (#18883724)
The dinosaurs tried to do that by bringing the Chicxulub asteroid into Earth orbit for easy mining. Look how that turned out.
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Re:The potential of deep-sea mud as a source of rare-earth e... by sillyquiet on Friday January 11, 2019 @09:34AM (#18883779)
And then became petroleum! COINCIDENCE?

seriously, whatever the (overstated, imo) danger of moving mass into Earth orbit is, it can be mitigated - and probably a lot more easily than the dangers of deep sea drilling can be.

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