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**Klorissana** · 05-02-2012, 08:33 PM

I think you are misunderstanding diddly. He is not saying that no one will ever mine the moon or asteroids, he is saying that it will not, in the foreseeable future, be done commercially, that is making a profit out of it.

I agree that any talk of this venture happening now is, as he says, a marketing vehicle, and I also agree it won't be commercially viable for a long time, I just happen to disagree with the conclusion that it's completely unforeseeable that space mining will ever be economically on par with mining in extreme situation on Earth, although I don't think it will happen for decades.

I asked the question up there a bit...what do we class as the forseeable future...
For me I give asteroid/Off Earth mining 50 years and I have also said that up there somewhere.
I'm sure I have also mentioned the difficulty of such a venture as is the case with any venture to do with space.
It's all going to be difficult....But what we see as difficult now might be common place in 50 years.

So it seems we, you and me agree?
Not sure about the others...too many red herrings about.

05-02-2012, 08:33 PM	#72
Klorissana Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 375 Senior Member	I think you are misunderstanding diddly. He is not saying that no one will ever mine the moon or asteroids, he is saying that it will not, in the foreseeable future, be done commercially, that is making a profit out of it. I agree that any talk of this venture happening now is, as he says, a marketing vehicle, and I also agree it won't be commercially viable for a long time, I just happen to disagree with the conclusion that it's completely unforeseeable that space mining will ever be economically on par with mining in extreme situation on Earth, although I don't think it will happen for decades. I asked the question up there a bit...what do we class as the forseeable future... For me I give asteroid/Off Earth mining 50 years and I have also said that up there somewhere. I'm sure I have also mentioned the difficulty of such a venture as is the case with any venture to do with space. It's all going to be difficult....But what we see as difficult now might be common place in 50 years. So it seems we, you and me agree? Not sure about the others...too many red herrings about.
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