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5. I think we should make asteroid outposts, ride around the solar system for free! No rockets needed

Wed May 12, 2021, 01:51 PM

May 2021

Observatories manned by robots of course, humans are too fragile and needy for long deep spaceflight.

Make it so

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NASA spacecraft begins 2-year trip home with asteroid rubble [View all] Omaha Steve May 2021 OP

Outstanding! djacq May 2021 #1

When I was young, I watched Sputnik cross the night sky. JohnnyRingo May 2021 #3

If the rock can be processed for water or oxygen pfitz59 May 2021 #4