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Passant is a news reporter at Gizmodo, covering space, tech and all things in between.

...lucky helicopter. Not sure how we could use that terrestrially. Read more

Wait...you mean space dementia isn’t a real thing? Read more

A reasonable question, but probably not a good idea to cite that movie as evidence of anything real. Read more

Can we see all threats approaching from the sky?

I remember reading a quote about if the moon was covered with gold dust, it still wouldn’t be worth going there and bringing it back. Read more

At the rate Artemis is going, we will be lucky to just get humans on the moon by then, forget about mining it.   Read more

Aside from the obvious ice for propellant, most valuable immediate resource would just be the regolith itself to sinter with microwaves. We need to make a hard surface for rocket landings at a potential base, so it’s not constantly kicking up dust.
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“At first his own ship would not move, then he remembered the sand anchor and yanked it in. Read more

Looks kinda like one of those ancient anchor stones.

This is why we send robots first...

Hey buuuuuuuddy, that’s copyright infringement.
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If it isn’t hosted by Julie Chen I’m not interested.
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