Eli5: What are the main things holding humanity back when it comes to being able to Terraform a planet or other large celestial objects in space?
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Money. For one. There is actual talk of capturing a small asteroid in the belt between mars and Jupiter. The cost? a few trillion. It’s not resources per se its money. What person on earth has a few trillion to try and grab a small asteroid because it contains a small fortune in precious metals? Maybe one of the oil sheiks in Saudi Arabia
What’s holding us back? Gravity. Literally. Imagine getting all that equipment out there.
Number one issue, the energy requirements for assembling the resources over the distances required.
Eli5: What are the main things holding humanity back when it comes to being able to Terraform a planet or other large celestial objects in space?
In: 14
Money. For one. There is actual talk of capturing a small asteroid in the belt between mars and Jupiter. The cost? a few trillion. It’s not resources per se its money. What person on earth has a few trillion to try and grab a small asteroid because it contains a small fortune in precious metals? Maybe one of the oil sheiks in Saudi Arabia
What’s holding us back? Gravity. Literally. Imagine getting all that equipment out there.
Number one issue, the energy requirements for assembling the resources over the distances required.
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