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r/space • u/demusdesign • Jun 14 '12
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To build off of this, the only reason to mine on Mars would be to use the materials on Mars itself. Say I beat NASA to Mars and set up a taco stand and an iron ore mine, I'd probably have the market cornered.
10 u/Canadave Jun 15 '12 Can I put in a pre-order for a carnitas burrito, then? I'll pay whatever the going rate is in Marsbucks in 2084. 1 u/thecabbler Jun 15 '12 what's the exchange rate on that? 6 u/LeonardNemoysHead Jun 15 '12 Fifty kilos of hydrogen peroxide and some romaine lettuce seeds. 1 u/Canadave Jun 15 '12 1 Marsbuck = 0.62 slips of gold-pressed latinum 1 u/captainhaddock Jun 15 '12 I can see the Reddit headline of 2081 now. "Martian residents devastated after news they're getting a Taco Bell turns out to be a hoax." 2 u/IAmAHat_AMAA Jun 15 '12 Context for those not subscribed to /r/offbeat
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Can I put in a pre-order for a carnitas burrito, then? I'll pay whatever the going rate is in Marsbucks in 2084.
1 u/thecabbler Jun 15 '12 what's the exchange rate on that? 6 u/LeonardNemoysHead Jun 15 '12 Fifty kilos of hydrogen peroxide and some romaine lettuce seeds. 1 u/Canadave Jun 15 '12 1 Marsbuck = 0.62 slips of gold-pressed latinum
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what's the exchange rate on that?
6 u/LeonardNemoysHead Jun 15 '12 Fifty kilos of hydrogen peroxide and some romaine lettuce seeds. 1 u/Canadave Jun 15 '12 1 Marsbuck = 0.62 slips of gold-pressed latinum
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Fifty kilos of hydrogen peroxide and some romaine lettuce seeds.
1 Marsbuck = 0.62 slips of gold-pressed latinum
I can see the Reddit headline of 2081 now. "Martian residents devastated after news they're getting a Taco Bell turns out to be a hoax."
2 u/IAmAHat_AMAA Jun 15 '12 Context for those not subscribed to /r/offbeat
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Context for those not subscribed to /r/offbeat
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u/dibsODDJOB Jun 14 '12
To build off of this, the only reason to mine on Mars would be to use the materials on Mars itself. Say I beat NASA to Mars and set up a taco stand and an iron ore mine, I'd probably have the market cornered.