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The 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 th
by Devilboy 16y ago
The 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