@TehBamski@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 4 months agoWhat exotic science fiction technology would you finance research into, if you had billions of dollars?message-square171fedilinkarrow-up1123
arrow-up1123message-squareWhat exotic science fiction technology would you finance research into, if you had billions of dollars?@TehBamski@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 4 months agomessage-square171fedilink
minus-square@Saigonauticon@voltage.vnlinkfedilinkEnglish5•4 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-square@TehBamski@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilink2•4 months agoThis would be a really cool idea for a novel or mini-series IMO.
minus-square@Saigonauticon@voltage.vnlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-24 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.