• LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    I can’t see it being more affordable to use humans to farm asteroids than machines. Life support systems seem expensive long term. That said, I also can’t think of a resource that would be worth mining off planet in that time frame.

    • leftytighty@slrpnk.net
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      14 days ago

      granted, I should have given more thought to my hyperbolic hypothetical.

      point being I dread to think what “lesser evil” we’re looking at when the time comes