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by 00N8 540 days ago
- no way to access it if we develop technology to get clean energy from material that's currently seen as waste

- the sun is one of the most expensive destinations in the solar system, in terms of energy budget

- underground, on the moon, even Pluto or interstellar space, would be cheaper

- very extensive & well engineered shielding would be needed to protect against release in case of a launch mishap, but once you've encapsulated it that thoroughly, it's actually safe to keep basically anywhere, & there's little point actually launching it

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That almost seems counterintuitive about the sun, since I would think as a heavy thing, objects would want to fall into it... But I understand orbits are faster near it. Gotta read up on that

Moon is an idea far away from unadvanced people

Fair point on the last bit