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[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The launch technology is already taken care of. We still need interplanetary radiation shielding and a landing system that doesn't bounce them across the landscape like a ball, but that's no reason we can't start now.

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nah, let the billionaires eat some radiation and bounce around at high velocity on landing

[–] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 8 points 1 day ago

but that's no reason we can't start now.