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The mined material (ie the entire asteroid depending on its composition) would still require delta v to a suitable orbit.
by le-mark 2y ago
The mined material (ie the entire asteroid depending on its composition) would still require delta v to a suitable orbit.
- dylan604 2y agoyou have to have delta v regardless. enough for your mined material, or the entire mass of the asteroid. i seriously doubt we'd ever approach ability of completely mining the whole of the asteroid. however, if you removed enough mass from the asteroid, would you end up screwing yourself by now changing the orbit so that the next time it swings by it's more of a direct trajectory?