• vmaziman@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I’m sure mining in space will have its own problems but at least it can’t kill our biosphere

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      1 year ago

      There’s been studies that have found metal particles in the atmosphere, so anything entering and exiting are seemingly shedding particles.

      So it’s likely to cause issues down the road unfortunately.

    • Allseer@futurology.today
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      1 year ago

      the asteroid belt is like a protective barrier. if earth’s orbit was on a flat surface the belt would be on it too. this imaginary plane is where earth is most likely to collide with extraterrestrial objects. so if it was possible to reduce the asteroid belt to half its current mass, earth would technically be more vulnerable to collisions along our orbital path. it’s not the biggest threat but i felt the need to explain that.