[russdill]

Good news, we have big plans to send significant quantities of copper and aluminum into orbit with zero possibility of recovery.

[throwup238]

Good news, that’s a tiny drop in the bucket compared to mining operations. Rocket payloads are measured in the metric tons; copper mining is measured in tens of millions of metric tons per year. It’s not even a rounding error, you’d have to launch hundreds of solid copper rockets a day to even make a dent.

[russdill]

Elon is talking about a million satellite constellation and launching a rocket capable of putting 100 tons into orbit every hour.