Jeff Bezos: ‘Move All Heavy Industry into Space’ to Save Earth

Breitbart ^ | November 25, 2019 | David Ng

[I want the USA back]

Very stupid. Industry needs power and raw materials. Moving things from Earth to Earth orbit is enormously expensive. Getting the finished product back is equally expensive.

I assume the orbiting factories would have a few humans on board. They would be subject to radiation and unable to stay very long. They would be in zero gravity. Not everyone can function in zero gravity.

And no, you don’t have unlimited resources out in the solar system. You are limited by the extreme cost of mining those resources.

You think you can change the world just because you are rich.

[gogeo]

It is silly to assume space INDUSTRIAL technology will not have made any improvements in 100 or 500 years.

[Irenic]

He’s a jack***. Most all the very rich and very successful come to believe they are god and need to arrange the world. It’s tiring.

[Reily]

I was on a team years ago that studied them.

Attractive idea with a lot of problems!

[Reily]

I know that.
He’s just trying to sound “Futuristic”!
Good copy for the press.

[Boomer]

Bezos needs to stop jumping 500-1000 years into the future and back. He's forgetting which time he's in. There's no way to do what he suggests even if all the equipment and manpower could be put in orbit.

For one thing Mr. Fusion hasn't been invented yet. However the DeLorian Pickup Truck has just been released by Tesla. Oh, I get it now, Bezos wanted to out tech Elon Musk. :)

[knighthawk]

Move all liberals/commies to the moon to save humanity,

[Wuli]

Sorry. I got on a tear about the crony-capitalist Bezos.

[wildcard_redneck]

Gee, how do we send up raw materials and bring down finished goods without chemical rockets? This man is delusional.

[Yo-Yo]

It sounds daffy, but long term, and I mean really long term, Bezos is right.

Asteroid mining will provide the raw materials for heavy industry in space.

[marktwain]

It sounds daffy, but long term, and I mean really long term, Bezos is right.

Asteroid mining will provide the raw materials for heavy industry in space.

Exactly.

Very few are willing to look more than 50 years out.

Good logic.

[Reily]

NP
Likewise not a fan of him !

[billyboy15]

But...but...but if we move heavy industry ti space we will pollute the entire UNIVERSE and then...and then, we’ll ALL DIE!!!

[libertylover]

And won’t it take a lot of energy to send heavy industries into space?

Not to mention bringing the products back to earth.

Reminds me of Patricia Schroeder when she ran for President and cried that, "companies have to learn that the purpose of their companies is to provide jobs for the workers" (to hell with producing a product to sell).

[Lockbox]

the old “we may lose money on each new job, but we will make that up in volume!”

[shelterguy]

“”””””””People are really just lazy to begin with and will spend the least amount of effort to do anything. Buying the marketing hype of Amazon they quit “shopping” and just go to Amazon””””””””””””

I believe a great deal of online shopping is more of an addiction than a true need for the product.

[bunkerhill7]

[Doctor DNA]

First step: Mine the moon. Thats where the easiest to find/mine/and process the rich ore found in the craters.....

Then when the Moon is stripped, on to the asteroid belt. De-orbit and direct the good ones to the Moon where the equipment is for processing.

Now what to do with the leftover rubble around and on the Moon?

[marktwain]

Build housing.

Or, use it for mass driver ammunition...

[gogeo]

...or move industry underground...