TehBamski@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoWhat exotic science fiction technology would you finance research into, if you had billions of dollars?message-squaremessage-square172fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down14
arrow-up1116arrow-down1message-squareWhat exotic science fiction technology would you finance research into, if you had billions of dollars?TehBamski@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 months agomessage-square172fedilink
minus-squareSaigonauticon@voltage.vnlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoNo you’ve got it backward. The mining is a cover. You look for celestial bodies that require only a small delta-v to redirect to a collision event. It’s a proper hostage situation, once you’ve got the infrastructure to replicate it more cheaply than people can defend against it.
minus-squareTehBamski@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoThis would be a really cool idea for a novel or mini-series IMO.
minus-squareSaigonauticon@voltage.vnlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-29 months agoOh yeah. I’d consult on that for sure. Tricking Silicon Valley to invest in something that then holds Earth hostage instead. Fun plot. …although I bet they’d still invest if you just told them. As long as the financials work.
No you’ve got it backward. The mining is a cover. You look for celestial bodies that require only a small delta-v to redirect to a collision event.
It’s a proper hostage situation, once you’ve got the infrastructure to replicate it more cheaply than people can defend against it.
This would be a really cool idea for a novel or mini-series IMO.
Oh yeah. I’d consult on that for sure. Tricking Silicon Valley to invest in something that then holds Earth hostage instead. Fun plot.
…although I bet they’d still invest if you just told them. As long as the financials work.