Since comets are in the news, here's an old idea for virtuous recursion in future transport & industry: ice rockets http://szabo.best.vwh.net/comet.mining.html …
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@sroecker Nah, Rate of progress: those ideas were inspired by plans for the very Rosetta that after >2 decades finally arrived at a comet.
@sroecker Back then it was supposed to be a sample return, now it will just analyze samples on-site.
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@NickSzabo4 I see. Strange to see the lack of (commercial) interest though given the low cost and high reward of such missions. -
@sroecker It's too long-term for any major institution to care about, and too "boring but important" for SF people to care about.
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