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If we can harvest asteroids we can also weaponize them http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/10/nuclear-weapon-issues-are-irrelevant.html http://nextbigfuture.com/2009
by Devilboy 16y ago
If we can harvest asteroids we can also weaponize them
http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/10/nuclear-weapon-issues-are-irrelevant.html http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/10/nuclear-weapon-issues-are-i...
- brg 16y agoReminds me of the Heinlein book, "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress." But there was a recent story on here that a single reasonably sized asteroid would net about $1 Trillion worth of materials. It seems like a very profitable exercise.
- Devilboy 16y agoThe trillion dollar pricetag might be accurate but it won't happen while it's still cheaper to mine those same minerals here on earth. I mean even if you get the asteroid you still have to mine it and refine it, you can't just ship it to earth and sell the raw chunks.
- famsam 16y agoIt may be obvious to you, but not to me so why not? If you can find a way to get it to land on earth without burning too much in the atmosphere, isn't that better than mining it in space?
- Devilboy 16y agoYea I'm not really sure. I did find this interesting article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_mining http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_mining