• FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
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    They’re looping around it, going farther than any humans ever, and scanning the whole thing for mineral deposits and possible base construction sites. The plan is to build a base then shipyard to go out farther from there.

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      But why? What is it that we need that isn’t on Earth already?

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        Space. The final frontier.

        We’re floating on a tiny pebble in the infinite ocean of space, why not explore?