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Re:The New ‘Gold Rush in Space’ by fastball on Friday August 14, 2020 @04:19AM (#24155273)
I think you severely underestimate the usefulness of gold in electronics.
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Re:The New ‘Gold Rush in Space’ by imtringued on Friday August 14, 2020 @08:09AM (#24156821)
You're ignoring the problem. The electronics industry would love it if they could gold plate every single PCB but for that to happen the price of gold would have to drop. Gold mining is probably only profitable at current gold prices so the electronics industry won't benefit from expensive space gold.
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Re:The New ‘Gold Rush in Space’ by garmaine on Friday August 14, 2020 @11:44AM (#24159410)
> Gold mining is probably only profitable at current gold prices

There is no reason to make this assumption.

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