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20 sats \ 11 replies \ @Undisciplined 1 Jun \ parent \ on: Bitcoin to be worth 100 oz of gold, says veteran trader Peter Brandt bitcoin
No, it's going to be robots. Sending humans into space is not even remotely economical.
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21 sats \ 10 replies \ @Satosora 1 Jun
You still have to have a person up there to do the maintenance and control the robots.
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20 sats \ 7 replies \ @Undisciplined 1 Jun
I don't think that's the plan. It's too long of a voyage for a person. They need it to be fully automated.
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21 sats \ 6 replies \ @Satosora 1 Jun
Interesting. I dont think it can be done without a human up there.
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20 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 1 Jun
Maybe it won’t work, but I think that’s the plan.
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21 sats \ 4 replies \ @Satosora 1 Jun
hhhmm... Do you think silver will ever become more valuable than gold?
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20 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 1 Jun
No. It’s much more common and doesn’t have as special of material properties.
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 1 Jun
It used throughout industry all the time!
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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 1 Jun
That's largely because it's so much cheaper. For many industrial applications silver is the next best metal to gold, but it's close enough that gold isn't worth the cost.
There are a couple of properties where silver is the best. If I'm remembering correctly, it's thermal and electrical conductivity, as well as reflectivity.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @AJ1992 1 Jun
No you don't. You can have other robots do it. All controlled by someone in orbit around the asteroid
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 1 Jun
Have you ever done maintenance before? Do you know how hard it is to instruct someone else on how to fix something? Let alone a robot you have to control?
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