Perhaps you do not understand. Those resources we use all have to come from *somewhere*
The universe has been around for a long time, and when rocks aren't hitting each other, they're slowly burning out or violently exploding. You think putting some mines on the moon is going to ruin its ecosystem?
I'd rather see us mining from somewhere that's not going to miss the material than from the proposed dig site 10 miles from my house.
The only real question is whether the moon has enough material of value to mine...
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Yau whare! Dan't attack slashdat! :)
You want news you should care about? Go read CNN. You want cool news, however trivially stupid it is? Welcome home.
Hah! and yet his comment gets +5 (Insightful) and yours rests at zero. looks like you're in a small but vocal minority, JACKASS.
it might have been, if there had been some attribution or credibility for it.
miguel, you see, is famous for painting a bleak picture as a motivational device, and whether you believe it or not, it works.
Perhaps you do not understand. Those resources we use all have to come from *somewhere* The universe has been around for a long time, and when rocks aren't hitting each other, they're slowly burning out or violently exploding. You think putting some mines on the moon is going to ruin its ecosystem? I'd rather see us mining from somewhere that's not going to miss the material than from the proposed dig site 10 miles from my house. The only real question is whether the moon has enough material of value to mine...