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Re:SpaceX hits $100B valuation after secondary share sale by MisterBastahrd on Friday October 08, 2021 @11:54AM (#28800640)
The motivations of modern day billionaires regarding space aren't any different than the motivations of 16th century explorers to the Americas.

Iron isn't worth much by the pound. But what if you could mine a solid chunk a few times the size of Everest?

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Re:SpaceX hits $100B valuation after secondary share sale by ericd on Friday October 08, 2021 @01:23PM (#28801664)
Fun point with iron, but I’d probably start with the high purity platinum asteroids :-)
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