Posted on 05/13/2019 6:31:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Researchers from the US Smithsonian Institution and King’s College London argue for preserving seven-eighths of the solar system as official 'space wildernesses.'
This regulation would protect planets, moons and other bodies from unchecked mining and other types of industrial exploitation.
But its core aim would be to ensure that humankind's expansion into our star system is undertaken manageably to avoid a future where all the resources are gone.
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It will be challenging to decide which aspects of our star system should be protected from the space mining industry, the researchers wrote in their paper.
However, areas that might merit a 'space wilderness' status include Mars' Valles Marineris, the solar system's largest canyon in the , as well as Olympus Mons, the largest known shield volcano which is two-and-a-half times Mount Everest in height.
The assignment of protection will require much complicated debate.
'Do we want cities on the near side of the moon that light up at night? Would that be inspiring or horrifying?', Dr Elvis asked.
'And what about the rings of Saturn? They are beautiful, almost pure water ice.
'Is it OK to mine those so that in 100 years they are gone?
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
San Francisco has already made a claim on Uranus and Everyonesanus already.
Babel had nothing on these power tripping idiots.
This is literally the dumbest article I’ve seen from a legitimate news source.
I swear it could be Babylon Bee.
I remember that episode.
Gee, let’s do something else guaranteed to eventually cause war with people who by the nature of the endeavor would be in a position to accelerate heavy masses designed not to burn up in the atmosphere at us.
Someone really wants to design military entanglements for the United States that would be even more detrimental than the stupid crap Henry Kissinger got us into.
How about we just go out there first and mine anything which can be mined profitably, market collapses be damned.
Do these morons have any concept of how vast the Solar system is - let alone the galaxy. If we develop the technology to get to the resources, we will never have any shortages of resources. Literally every element is out there in great abundance.
Well, it was all Scotty could do wring more power from the warp drive, anyway.
So that tree huggers can go hiking in pristine barren rock landscapes on Mars? LOL
You would have to move a huge amount of material from one orbit to another.
If that happened, the earth could move a little closer or further from the sun.
Then you would see REAL climate change.
Permanent ice age or roasting hot.
It is doubtful that would happen.
Even if the mining became that huge, since we would be living in the general area and using most of the materials there, not screwing up the orbits.
Plus very little of ore becomes actual material that is removed from the area, the rest is just tailings that remains on or around whatever body is mined.
So, screw the leftist fools, MINE!
Profit isn’t a concern if your spending taxpayer money.
DARPA has been mining illudium for years and squirreling away the completed space modulators (even the latest Q-36 models) for years preparing for the launch of the Space Force.
How many points do I get for that?
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At this stage, I wouldn’t want to be asking for ‘points’.
Gawd, these people really are stupid...
“Researchers from the US Smithsonian Institution and King’s College London argue for preserving seven-eighths of the solar system as official ‘space wildernesses.’”
I really, really hope this turns out to be a prank.
These people are dumber than AOC and Biden, if that is humanly possible.
Anyone doing university-level research, who proposes any government has the right to “regulate” the solar system, should be shipped to remote regions in it to stand guard.
ONE ASTEROID WORTH TEN THOUSAND QUADRILLION....
https://www.marketslant.com/article/nasa-asteroid-has-10000-quadrillion-iron-gold-silver
“NASA brings forward mission to explore a $10,000 quadrillion metal asteroid that could cause the world’s economy to COLLAPSE....”
We’ll recover from having ‘too much’ iron gold and silver... just like we do fine having excess air to breath...
These people are lunatics.
Why on earth do we pay them?
We have to leave some for the Martians and the lunatics.
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