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.
You still have to have a person up there to do the maintenance and control the robots.
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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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Maybe it won’t work, but I think that’s the plan.
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No. It’s much more common and doesn’t have as special of material properties.
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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.