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how much iron can be potentially be mined out of an asteroid?
there's no money to be made in space otherwise you'd see a monster race
well it will actually become a red giant and fry us but who's counting the billions of years that will take?One day our Sun will die
well it will actually become a red giant and fry us but who's counting the billions of years that will take?
how much iron can be potentially be mined out of an asteroid?
Depends on how much iron is in it. You would also have to locate, travel to, and safely land on something that, on average, is moving at a speed of around 15 miles per second. There's also the issue if debris striking the equipment, vessel, and personnel, if human beings are even present, should such a thing ever become possible. It's an extremely dangerous environment.
if the develop special interstellar mining platforms, then iron mining could become a major industry again.
drag the thing into earth orbit and mine there
I believe it's extremely important.
But our President, Barack Obama doesn't. In fact Obama already announced what the main mission of NASA will be from now on. Reaching out to the Muslims world.
NASA Chief: Move Out Of The Way Startrek, Next Frontier Better Relations With Muslim World
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a recent interview that his "foremost" mission as the head of America's space exploration agency is to improve relations with the Muslim world.
Though international diplomacy would seem well outside NASA's orbit, Bolden said in an interview with Al Jazeera that strengthening those ties was among the top tasks President Obama assigned him. He said better interaction with the Muslim world would ultimately advance space travel.
Read more: NASA Chief: Next Frontier Better Relations With Muslim World | Fox News
How realistic is a space program in the age of sequestration?
How realistic is a space program in the age of sequestration?
thankfully, we don't have to send people yet. We can send probes and robots. Robots don't need to have AI, just very good software and the ability to be manually controlled. Like curiosity is, but you know, specialized for certain tasks.
Holy rockets!
the stars are out of our reach
there is no atmosphere on Mars
nor is there a magnetic field to keep the radiation form space from frying you
a self sufficient 'space colony' is far outside our current technological grasp
sorry the romanticism of space is over
TOL's killer asteroid could end us but that's not going to happen until the year
3962 and long before that we will have colonized many other worlds and developed
the technology to tractor beam the rock off course and save the planet so he'll be disappointed (yet again)
In the reviews I liked this part:
"Nyx's bitter nature and morbid outlook soured the experience for me. She just isn't at all enjoyable to read about. Her thoughts revolve around death and pain and getting drunk, and that's most of what she experiences."
Where a matriarchal society founded on Muslim religion enforces its laws through bounty hunters, and an ongoing holy war claims the lives of the men.
Even before Obama's sequestration there is no government manned spacecraft in the pipeline.
In fact Obama has told Congress that he wants depend on Russia for putting Americans into space. Putin has no problem with American greenbacks. It just means less greenbacks in America's economy and more in Russia's economy.
There is the American private sector who have manned spacecraft in the pipeline.
Russians unveil space hotel
Course only around 1 mil for a 5 day stay. :2razz:
Oh.....that's US dolla. :lol:
And that's where space flight will gain true legitimacy. The government just wants good PR, and rocks to put in a museum. The private sector will want results and profit, and that's how we move forward. Keeping it government only will only perpetuate the state of stagnation our space program has faced since the 70's.There is the American private sector who have manned spacecraft in the pipeline.
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