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Elon: “When the mass driver on the Moon gets going, I’m not sure money will be relevant”
Posted on 12/16/25 at 4:53 pm
Posted on 12/16/25 at 4:53 pm
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Mining asteroids will be a game changer
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 4:56 pm to hawgfaninc
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 4:57 pm to LoveThatMoney
What you did there, I seent it!
Posted on 12/16/25 at 4:58 pm to hawgfaninc
quote:If Helium 3 represents the holy grail of fusion on Earth, there is an abundance of it ready to be mined on the moon. Estimates are there's enough Helium 3 to power everything on Earth for several hundred thousands of years.
Mining asteroids will be a game changer
Edit - but unlike Elon's thinking, money will still matter! It's going to cost a tremendous amount just to recover enough to experiment in developing fusion solutions
This post was edited on 12/16/25 at 5:01 pm
Posted on 12/16/25 at 4:59 pm to hawgfaninc
Typical Nazi stuff taking over the moon and creating a mass driver.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 5:02 pm to hawgfaninc
I hope we will be keeping cows there too. I can't eat minerals.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 5:02 pm to hawgfaninc
He can't keep getting away with this. I'm going to stage a protest to stop lunar climate change.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 5:02 pm to hawgfaninc
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It would accelerate payloads into space at low cost,
Even after you factor in the cost of creating the railgun?
Posted on 12/16/25 at 5:04 pm to dstone12
Yes. Chemical rockets are incredibly expensive and not nearly as efficient.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 5:08 pm to nes2010
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I hope we will be keeping cows there too. I can't eat minerals.
People will live on the moon and we'll leave Earth to the cows.
ETA: but I'd really like to see cows in low/no gravity.
This post was edited on 12/16/25 at 5:09 pm
Posted on 12/16/25 at 5:09 pm to hawgfaninc
quote:Beltalowda!
Mining asteroids will be a game changer
Posted on 12/16/25 at 5:10 pm to hawgfaninc
Have fun dodging meteorites! May all your buildings have wheels.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 5:10 pm to hawgfaninc
if they do that they can finally kill all of the poor people which means everyone on this board.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 5:15 pm to HubbaBubba
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but unlike Elon's thinking, money will still matter! I
Yeah im sure you have a better grasp on the future and money, than Elon does
Posted on 12/16/25 at 5:28 pm to LegendInMyMind
Rocket fuel can't melt moon rocks
Posted on 12/16/25 at 5:31 pm to hawgfaninc
Motherfrick yeah can't wait to become a space pirate
Posted on 12/16/25 at 5:32 pm to hawgfaninc
The only way I’m moving to the moon is if they ban immigrants
Posted on 12/16/25 at 5:36 pm to hawgfaninc
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Mining asteroids will be a game changer
Suppose we mine an asteroid that has fifty bazilion tons of pure gold. That won’t make anyone wealthier. It will just remove any pretense of scarcity for gold and collapse the gold market. Same for diamonds, iron, copper or any metal we can get from another space rock.
Our actual wealth won’t increase because we will still have to create mechanisms and opportunities to feed and house the people, either through general commerce or charity.
The true frontier is getting our affairs in order on Earth.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 5:37 pm to Ice Cold
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Have fun dodging meteorites! May all your buildings have wheels.
The money involved will solve a world of hurt
Where there’s a will there’s a way
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