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Put 'saving the earth' on the back burner, a new catastrophe awaits us if we don't act now
Posted on 5/17/19 at 6:13 pm
Posted on 5/17/19 at 6:13 pm
Space Mining Could Ruin Our Solar System
Well, the good news is that we have more than 12 years on this one.
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While heads of state bicker over protecting Earth's most vulnerable places from the ravages of industry, a new study suggests that maybe it's not too early to start protecting other worlds from human exploitation, too.
The study, published April 16 in the journal Acta Astronautica, makes a case for designating 85% of our solar system a protected "wilderness" akin to Earth's national parks, leaving just one-eighth of eligible planets, moons and asteroids free to be mined or developed by human interests.
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"On a timescale of less than a millennium we could have super-exploitation of the entire solar system out to its most distant edges," the authors wrote. "Then, we are done."
Well, the good news is that we have more than 12 years on this one.
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Limiting the exploitation of resources on other worlds now, before the space economy kicks off in earnest, is crucial to avoiding what the researchers call a "crisis of potentially catastrophic proportions."
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Posted on 5/17/19 at 6:26 pm to TrueTiger
1969 - Astronauts harvest moon rocks and Mets win world series.
The lesson should have been learned.
The lesson should have been learned.
Posted on 5/17/19 at 6:28 pm to TrueTiger
A catastrophic crisis that's nothing more than mental masturbation at this point? Sounds about right
Posted on 5/17/19 at 6:53 pm to TrueTiger
Man has set foot on one moon outside of this planet, and has had no long term presence anywhere but this planet.
Going back to the moon is daunting. Mars is a pipe dream.
But go ahead and worry about this. It’ll keep you out of my way.
Going back to the moon is daunting. Mars is a pipe dream.
But go ahead and worry about this. It’ll keep you out of my way.
Posted on 5/17/19 at 7:01 pm to TrueTiger
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Limiting the exploitation of resources on other worlds now, before the space economy kicks off in earnest, is crucial to avoiding what the researchers call a "crisis of potentially catastrophic proportions."
Maybe they could start by directing their hysteria to the exploitation of resources in Africa by the Chinese.
This post was edited on 5/17/19 at 7:01 pm
Posted on 5/17/19 at 9:50 pm to TheHarahanian
It's like they just want to maintain a perpetual doomsday mode.
Posted on 5/18/19 at 12:05 am to Erin Go Bragh
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1969 - Astronauts harvest moon rocks and Mets win world series.
The lesson should have been learned.
Challenger blows up in 1986 and guess who wins the World Series again?
Posted on 5/18/19 at 12:38 am to TrueTiger
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On a timescale of less than a millennium we could have super-exploitation of the entire solar system out to its most distant edges,
Am I the only one who genuinely doesn’t give a frick if we mine Uranus into its deepest depths?
Really, are we going to frick up Mars’s endangered species if we start strip mining it for resources???
Posted on 5/18/19 at 12:45 am to SlapahoeTribe
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if we mine Uranus into its deepest depths?
Is this a euphemism or something?
Posted on 5/18/19 at 12:53 am to gthog61
quote:quote:this a euphemism or something?
if we mine Uranus into its deepest depths?
Posted on 5/18/19 at 2:53 am to SlapahoeTribe
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mine Uranus into its deepest depths
iswydt
pervert!
Posted on 5/18/19 at 4:09 am to TrueTiger
Well, mining several hundred thousand asteroids and bringing that extra mass to earth really could cause quite a bit of global warming.
Posted on 5/18/19 at 9:09 am to SlapahoeTribe
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mine Uranus into its deepest depths
I thought Uranus was a gas giant
Posted on 5/18/19 at 9:37 am to TrueTiger
I'm an enviro guy but we will need those resouces one day.. period. Until we know there is sentient life elsewhere in the universe/galaxy we have something close to a moral obligation to spread life throughout the universe.
Posted on 5/18/19 at 9:40 am to TrueTiger
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Put 'saving the earth' on the back burner, a new catastrophe awaits us if we don't act now
Why do you think Trump wants a Space Force?!
Posted on 5/18/19 at 10:06 am to Boatshoes
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Well, mining several hundred thousand asteroids and bringing that extra mass to earth really could cause quite a bit of global warming.
Hank Johnson would say that the earth would flip over.
Posted on 5/18/19 at 10:14 am to TrueTiger
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The study, published April 16 in the journal Acta Astronautica, makes a case for designating 85% of our solar system a protected "wilderness" akin to Earth's national parks, leaving just one-eighth of eligible planets, moons and asteroids free to be mined or developed by human interests.
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Limiting the exploitation of resources on other worlds now, before the space economy kicks off in earnest
How is the space economy going to kick off in earnest if 85% of our goddamn solar system is designated a protected wilderness?? Furthermore, what 15% of the solar system do you think these lunatics would not designate for development? That would be the very outer edge of the solar system guaranteeing that we make any attempts at development as expensive as humanly possible.
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