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I was assuming you'd have parachutes to avoid vaporizing the rocks when they hit the ground. And if we have parachutes then we can wrap an ablative capsule aro
by bdunbar 15y ago
I was assuming you'd have parachutes to avoid vaporizing the rocks when they hit the ground.
And if we have parachutes then we can wrap an ablative capsule around the rocks.
Add a guidance system to make the lawyers and citizens happy.
- jessriedel 15y agoI think parachutes would be a waste, but a cheap, spray-on ablative layer could make sense.
- bdunbar 15y agoThink of it this way - with parachutes and a guidance system you can land the stuff wherever you want. This might not be so important for tons of raw metal. Could be a good tech to have around when you want your orbital factories to compete with terrestrial concerns.
- maaku 15y agoAnd where would you get the parachutes, ablative capsule and guidance system?
- bdunbar 15y agoMake them in orbit. or Send them up as freight.