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I am talking about gadgets we see in science fiction movies that obey the laws of physics of our universe and could theoretically be constructed, barring the limitations of materials, energy and time faced by our civilization at the moment.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don’t know that mining them is the difficult part. Getting the materials back and/or refined in space is gonna be harder.

[–] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

And in a cost effective manner. Were almost to where it might start being possible, depending on the mineral.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

You've got unlimited solar energy and robot technology is getting better every day. People have been working on the problem for decades.