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Re:SpaceX’s monstrous, dirt-cheap Starship may transform spa... by boznz on Thursday February 17, 2022 @10:42PM (#30381902)
Asteroid mining. I really cant believe its not on Elon's mind, talk about disruptive!
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Re:SpaceX’s monstrous, dirt-cheap Starship may transform spa... by bryanlarsen on Thursday February 17, 2022 @11:24PM (#30382127)
Why? There are no minerals available in space that wouldn't be cheaper to mine on Earth. Even with Starship's vastly reduced costs.

https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2019/08/27/there-are-no-k...

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Re:SpaceX’s monstrous, dirt-cheap Starship may transform spa... by TylerE on Thursday February 17, 2022 @11:57PM (#30382288)
I think the argument would be in conjunction with orbital factories.

The cost may well be (much) higher than mining it on earth, but could still be much less than mining it on earth and then launching it to geosync.

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Re:SpaceX’s monstrous, dirt-cheap Starship may transform spa... by freemint on Friday February 18, 2022 @07:30AM (#30384899)
Once you have orbital refuelling that changes the asymptotics little so it might be profitable then but that's like post moon station.
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