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"Responsible Audacity" is my new favorite term

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At the end, a twist on the old Moon Is A Harsh Mistress idea, eh? Benevolent lunar gravel - the new guano.

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Heinlein, in making Luna an agricultural source for the Earth, kind of forgot the place has no nitrogen to speak of.

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I wrote a short, short story about this:

https://world.hey.com/corlin/rock-making-at-well-4-702-cd6c05f2

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Thanks for the link to this on Mastodon, and I'll skip Sabine's snitched material.

Also, check out volts.wtf this week for his podcast with the guy selling the enhanced-weathering solution. It really looks straightforwardly do-able. Today!

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I want so much to think that these ideas would work. And would be adopted and deployed before it's too late. Keep on thinking with that ginormous brain of yours, Karl!

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