Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend
by aa-jv on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @03:29AM
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Once we are able to send a Starship to Psyche 16, and start building new Starships, humanity is in for a huge leap. And this isn't even unrealistic - it could be that in 5 - 10 years the next major rush for humanity is to establish a permanent industrial presence on Psyche 16 and start making things...
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Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend
by imtringued on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @11:37AM
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Why would that be your first idea? Why not something simpler like building a moon orbiter with an aluminium and liquid oxygen hybrid engine? The goal is to find the hydrogen on the moon, which is far more valuable than some asteroid.
Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend
by aa-jv on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @07:30AM
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Meh. Gaining accesses to the resources available on Psyche 16 would be absolutely a civilization-changing event if we were able to harness them somehow. Imagine if gold was more common to the human species than aluminum?