Re:The New ‘Gold Rush in Space’
by menybuvico on Friday August 14, 2020 @04:12AM
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It's partly a geopolitical thing. Chinese businesses control over 80% of the rare-earths market.
Then there's pollution and the constant talk about exploitation of child workers in mines. You won't get pollution on Earth if a robot mines the stuff in deep space, a rocket brings it to lunar orbit where a commodity is manufactured, and then brought back to Earth for consumption.
Then there's pollution and the constant talk about exploitation of child workers in mines. You won't get pollution on Earth if a robot mines the stuff in deep space, a rocket brings it to lunar orbit where a commodity is manufactured, and then brought back to Earth for consumption.