1000 tons is how much Te is mined each year on Earth.

Global annual production of platinum is 180 tons.

How is that relevant to the weaponizability of space mining systems, the thing I was actually talking about?

	▲	pfdietz 28 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It shows that the claim that space mining enables mass-extinction level events is nonsense. Space mining can involve 11 orders of magnitude less mass annually than the K/T mass extinction impact.