Mining in space might be less environmentally harmful than mining asteroids on Earth.
  • vmaziman@lemm.eeEnglish
    411·
    11 months ago

    I would agree if mining the rocks on earth didn’t cause ecological collapses and kill off animals and displace indigenous and exploit underprivileged ethnic classes in post colonial hellholes

    • vmaziman@lemm.eeEnglish
      153·
      11 months ago

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

      • schmidtster@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        11 months 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.