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From: Kenneth Porter <shiva@sewingwitch.com>
To: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net
Subject: [Starlink] Re: AI IN SPACE: Post from Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:41:19 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <af9defb5-004a-4a9d-992c-06a604a95b56@sewingwitch.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <13a901dc5a5e$7c059ac0$7410d040$@evslin.com>

Another interesting product you could make cheaply in microgravity:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_foam

Get the metal from lunar ore, smelt it in orbit with reflectors, and 
create a big reentry sled out of it. Drop it in an ocean, tow it to 
shore, and chop it up for your applications.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-11-20 22:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-11-20  7:46 [Starlink] " Hesham ElBakoury
2025-11-20  9:19 ` [Starlink] " Vint Cerf
2025-11-20 17:03   ` Kenneth Porter
2025-11-20 18:50     ` David Lang
2025-11-20 19:37       ` Kenneth Porter
     [not found]       ` <30692.1763668809@obiwan.sandelman.ca>
2025-11-20 20:12         ` David Lang
2025-11-20 20:44           ` tom
2025-11-20 20:58             ` David Lang
2025-11-20 22:41             ` Kenneth Porter [this message]
2025-11-20 17:18 ` J Pan
2025-11-20 17:26   ` Kenneth Porter

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