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Moon mining gains momentum as private companies plan for a lunar economy (www.space.com)
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Moon mining gains momentum as private companies plan for a lunar economy::A number of entrepreneurial groups have shared their strategies to turn the moon into a hustle and bustle world of marketable services.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I assume you’re referring to the tidal forces that the moon provides. If so: We could strip-mine the dark side of the moon (to prevent any aesthetic impact to earthers) for millennia and barely even scratch the surface (hah) of the total mass of Luna. We’re not going to throw a world-eater at it.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know why they are downvoting you. The only explanation would be the sheer lack of knowledge on how much larger and massive the moon is compared to everything humanity has mined and could mine for millions of years

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think my account is getting targeted by some bots. A lot of my comments lately are, a while after I post them, get an identical number of downvotes to upvotes, but all at once. I’m gonna investigate it a bit more thoroughly this weekend when I have some free time. I’ve seen posts indicating a nontrivial amount of other users may be experiencing similar things too, so this might be a coordinated effort of some sort, though I have no idea what the goal might be other than to just try to irritate people and push posts and comments down.

[–] 3laws@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We’re not going to throw a world-eater at it

Yet.