I am referring to commercial speculation, and I literally laid this out in the second sentence, thanks!

Nuclear, or if you want space stuff, build a station at the Lagrange point and sling from there? I don’t need to be an expert in launch solutions to know that we shouldn’t speculate mining the moon till it’s well researched and that we have more accessible options here for the forseeable future with solar as my choice of example, so let’s not jump the gun on another finite resource?

Though, of course, simple scientific curiosity may not justify the enormous cost of the undertaking. That’s where commercial interest comes in.

That’s not what this is about, the author doesn’t care about that, all they see is a finite, exploitable resource that will line their pockets.

However, to answer your question, we already have that technology.

Imagine claiming mining helium is the solution when free energy is right there radiating from the sun.

Y2K finally happening!

Yeah but the ai aint gonna watch that.

it is only hard if you want it to be hard

WTF is this bullshit. Not everyone is equally capable and this reductionist shit is hurting those that do need the help.

Hah, I can finally play Homeworld thanks to OPs CD key 😈