[ExI] Space Mining

[Giulio Prisco]

On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 4:39 AM Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> Quoting Ben Zaiboc:
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> > Yes, good points. But, to niggle, I wouldn't call it 'fuel' when it's
> > actually 'reaction mass'. Water is also good for radiation shielding (as
> > is hydrogen if dense enough).
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> I did not call it fuel. The article John Grigg posted did. :-)
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> > Not that I think any of this is really relevant, though, because space
> > is not a good place for biology. But I've voiced that opinion enough
> > times now. It seems that space colonisation (by biological humans) is a
> > topic like uploading (except in reverse). No real point arguing about
> > it, given people's resistance to logical argument.
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> I do agree with you that machines would be better suited to outer
> space than biologicals. But colonization of space by biological humans
> is the only rational decision if the alternative is genetic and
> cultural stagnation leading to extinction here on Earth.

Exactly! Thanks Stuart for saying this.

> Being able to leave the Earth, despite all the danger and hardship,
> might be humanity's one saving grace.

YES.