TehBamskitoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml·8 months agoWhat exotic science fiction technology would you finance research into, if you had billions of dollars?message-squarearrow-up1124arrow-down14message-square172fedilink
arrow-up1120arrow-down1message-squareWhat exotic science fiction technology would you finance research into, if you had billions of dollars?TehBamskitoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml·8 months agomessage-square172fedilink
minus-squareSaigonauticonEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkNo 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-squareTehBamskiOParrow-up2arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkThis would be a really cool idea for a novel or mini-series IMO.
minus-squareSaigonauticonEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down0·8 months agoedit-28 months agolinkfedilinkOh 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.