Highlights: #187 – Zach Weinersmith on how researching his book turned him from a space optimist into a “space bastard”
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Challenges and Realities of Asteroid Mining
Exploring the misconceptions and hurdles associated with asteroid mining, including the complexities of extraction and high costs involved in comparison to Earth mining. The chapter also dismisses the feasibility of a translunar mining economy due to impracticalities and immense difficulties in resource extraction from the lunar surface.
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