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throwup238yesterday at 11:39 PM1 replyview on HN

Good news, that’s a tiny drop in the bucket compared to mining operations. Rocket payloads are measured in the metric tons; copper mining is measured in tens of millions of metric tons per year. It’s not even a rounding error, you’d have to launch hundreds of solid copper rockets a day to even make a dent.


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russdilltoday at 3:38 AM

Elon is talking about a million satellite constellation and launching a rocket capable of putting 100 tons into orbit every hour.