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Re:We Will Never, Ever, Mine the Asteroid Belt by bluGill on Friday December 24, 2021 @12:57PM (#29675870)
Maybe, but habitats that far out probably never work because the sun is so weak.
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Re:We Will Never, Ever, Mine the Asteroid Belt by gremlinsinc on Friday December 24, 2021 @02:06PM (#29676683)
why is the sun required for habitats.. plants can grow in artificial sunlight....

generational ships could spend entire decades in pockets with no sun...

all you need is the right raw materials, access to water and food, and fuel source to keep the uv lights working and the heater and oxygen pumping...

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Re:We Will Never, Ever, Mine the Asteroid Belt by bluGill on Friday December 24, 2021 @06:22PM (#29678757)
The energy source is the hard part. The sun will work for millions more years. Will fusion reactors work that long without some random failure of some part? Would you bet your life on it?
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Re:We Will Never, Ever, Mine the Asteroid Belt by woleium on Monday December 27, 2021 @10:08PM (#29709861)
mirrors work forever in space
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Re:We Will Never, Ever, Mine the Asteroid Belt by akvadrako on Friday December 24, 2021 @03:38PM (#29677509)
You don't need the sun when you have nuclear fusion.
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Re:We Will Never, Ever, Mine the Asteroid Belt by woleium on Monday December 27, 2021 @10:08PM (#29709859)
or mirrors
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