_number8_@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhat sci-fi-esque inventions are the most plausible and could happen soonest?message-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squarenandeEbisu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoSpace colonization , I could see a colony on the moon being feasible in the next 20 years probably more akin to an oil field where it’s mainly people extracting minerals and not recreational.
minus-squarenodsocket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThere’s not much value to mine from the moon. Even if there was, It would cost way too much to transport to be worth mining for. However, it is likely that a small moon base could replace the ISS in the next couple decades.
Space colonization , I could see a colony on the moon being feasible in the next 20 years probably more akin to an oil field where it’s mainly people extracting minerals and not recreational.
There’s not much value to mine from the moon. Even if there was, It would cost way too much to transport to be worth mining for.
However, it is likely that a small moon base could replace the ISS in the next couple decades.