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How can we mine asteroids?
« on: 30/06/2022 12:45:08 »
Asteroids are now a target in the latest money making super ventures, mining them for their precious metals could be very lucrative, but how are they going to be mined in sufficient quantities to make it economically viable. It costs 2 millionish dollars pounds or euros to put a kg on the moon. Discount the devaluation occouring from supplying a product who's very price is due to its scarcity.
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Re: How can we mine asteroids?
« Reply #1 on: 06/10/2022 12:46:06 »
One way to do it might be to send a light weight nuclear powered long lasting machine that breaks up the stuff into smaller chunks & then pushes it towards the oceans of earth.

I'm not sure if that stuff will burn up in the atmosphere or not thou.

I did read somewhere that China plans to transfer Helium 3 from the moon to the earth.
No clue how they plan to achieve the feat.

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