[ExI] new job

[Stuart LaForge]

On 2024-12-18 11:29, Kelly Anderson via extropy-chat wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 3:56 PM efc--- via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>> >       Will Musk become the first trillionaire?
>> >
>> > I think so. The main reason being that while mars might remain out of reach
>> > for a minute, asteroid mining to (ostensibly) pay for mars exploration, may
>> > not be so far out of reach. I would love to see someone crash Psyche softlyish
>> > into the moon and mine the crash site for the next 100 years... it would at
>> > least make an interesting science fiction story.
>> 
>> That would be a nice story! Fascinating mega project too! The world 
>> needs more
>> ambitious megaprojects. When ever I am bored with life, I wish there 
>> were more
>> moonshots around.
> 
> Having the metals of Psyche available would make a lot of megaprojects
> possible that we simply don't have enough iron for today.

I think that for asteroid mining, Apophis should be a priority. It is 
scheduled to pass uncomfortably close to Earth in 2029 and there is a 
chance that the close approach will nudge into a subsequent collision 
course with Earth. So any minerals we get from it would be a bonus to 
not havinbg to worry about it.

Stuart LaForge