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JongWK
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Making a profit in space

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- JongWK   [News] To space, and beyond!   Mar 2 2006, 04:48 PM
- - SL James   So an asteroid has 20 trillion dollars worth of me...   Mar 3 2006, 12:39 AM
- - Platinum   Send a crew from armageddon to blast it apart, hav...   Mar 3 2006, 12:54 AM
- - Ka_ge2020   In that case you might like the following link: ...   Mar 3 2006, 02:15 AM
- - hyzmarca   There is no reason to bring any of 3554 Amun's...   Mar 3 2006, 03:25 AM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (JongWK)Making a profit in space The Space ...   Mar 3 2006, 01:06 PM
- - Edward   Although I agree space mettles won’t be worth brin...   Mar 3 2006, 01:53 PM
- - Platinum   Are you aware of how much energy it takes to refin...   Mar 3 2006, 02:45 PM
- - John Campbell   Two words: Solar Furnace.   Mar 3 2006, 09:25 PM
- - ShadowDragon8685   Or you could, you know, just realize that you have...   Mar 3 2006, 10:39 PM
- - DocMortand   QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685) Or you could, you know, j...   Mar 4 2006, 05:03 PM
- - ShadowDragon8685   Not really THAT big honkingly big, Doc.   Mar 4 2006, 05:04 PM
- - JongWK   Cashing in on Mars Just a few ideas for some tech...   Mar 9 2006, 07:11 PM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (DocMortand) QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685 @ ...   Mar 10 2006, 01:15 PM
- - Mr.Platinum   But by removing such large chunks of rock, would t...   Mar 10 2006, 01:45 PM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (Mr.Platinum)But by removing such large chun...   Mar 10 2006, 02:27 PM
- - Birdy   QUOTE (Mr.Platinum) But by removing such large chu...   Mar 10 2006, 05:12 PM
- - Kanada Ten   Ah, but it could have a huge impact on the Astral ...   Mar 10 2006, 09:57 PM
- - Shrike30   QUOTE (Cray74 @ Mar 3 2006, 05:06 AM) Who wan...   Mar 11 2006, 12:59 AM
- - tisoz   Ok, saw why mining helium3 on moon could make mone...   Mar 11 2006, 01:49 AM
- - Kanada Ten   QUOTE (tisoz) Also, has anyone heard about a theor...   Mar 11 2006, 01:56 AM
- - tisoz   From what I understood, the molten part was churni...   Mar 11 2006, 02:25 AM
- - Kanada Ten   QUOTE (tisoz)From what I understood, the molten pa...   Mar 11 2006, 02:52 AM
- - Brahm   QUOTE (Kanada Ten @ Mar 10 2006, 09:52 PM) Th...   Mar 11 2006, 04:58 AM
- - hyzmarca   There used to be a theory in organic chemestry abo...   Mar 11 2006, 05:07 AM
- - tisoz   Anything on the commercial value of Mars? More He...   Mar 11 2006, 10:56 PM
- - SL James   QUOTE (hyzmarca) There used to be a theory in orga...   Mar 12 2006, 01:03 AM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (Shrike30)QUOTE (Cray74 @ Mar 3 2006, 0...   Mar 12 2006, 09:41 PM
- - hyzmarca   QUOTE (Cray74) Research. Misguided goals lingering...   Mar 12 2006, 10:34 PM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (hyzmarca)There is also the good 'old no...   Mar 12 2006, 11:12 PM
- - tisoz   QUOTE (Cray74) Mars has an obnoxiously deep gravit...   Mar 13 2006, 05:52 AM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (tisoz)QUOTE (Cray74 @ Mar 12 2006, 05:...   Mar 13 2006, 01:14 PM
- - ShadowDragon8685   Cray, you make good points with that bit about obn...   Mar 13 2006, 01:21 PM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685)Cray, you make good points...   Mar 13 2006, 01:32 PM
- - ShadowDragon8685   Well, you make good points there... Still, get c...   Mar 13 2006, 02:10 PM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685) Hey, we're getting cr...   Mar 13 2006, 02:31 PM
- - ShadowDragon8685   Yes, but the thought of firing a huge thor shot do...   Mar 13 2006, 03:44 PM
- - hyzmarca   Deep gravity wells are bad for space travel but th...   Mar 13 2006, 05:14 PM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (hyzmarca @ Mar 13 2006, 05:14 PM) Now,...   Mar 13 2006, 05:33 PM
- - nick012000   Or you just spin up the asteroid, and build your h...   Mar 14 2006, 12:00 AM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (nick012000)Or you just spin up the asteroid...   Mar 14 2006, 01:13 AM
- - John Campbell   It's pretty easy to figure the amount of spin ...   Mar 14 2006, 06:56 PM
- - Cray74   Nitpick: Some small, solid objects have been found...   Mar 14 2006, 07:12 PM
- - nezumi   As an aside, if the asteroid is made of mostly iro...   Mar 14 2006, 08:55 PM
- - John Campbell   When you drop all the unnecessarily difficult bits...   Mar 14 2006, 10:04 PM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (nezumi)As an aside, if the asteroid is made...   Mar 15 2006, 01:34 AM
- - Brahm   QUOTE (tisoz @ Mar 10 2006, 08:49 PM) Also, h...   May 6 2006, 12:36 PM
- - Cray74   Interesting stuff. Thanks for posting it.   May 6 2006, 02:39 PM
- - Dog   QUOTE (Edward) if your building space stations for...   May 6 2006, 03:01 PM
- - Fire Hawk   I don't know if it's been mentioned, but t...   May 6 2006, 07:47 PM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (Dog) So Cray, Mars has two moons, but you m...   May 7 2006, 08:11 PM
- - Dog   And to think, I dropped out of engineering school....   May 7 2006, 08:17 PM
- - El_Machinae   www.permanent.com also makes good claims about ast...   May 7 2006, 10:07 PM
- - KarmaInferno   The article seems to be ignoring two problems with...   May 8 2006, 03:35 PM
- - Witness   If you could link looped nanotubes together like a...   May 8 2006, 03:51 PM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (KarmaInferno) a) They state that the nanotu...   May 9 2006, 05:51 PM
- - Fire Hawk   Right, you write with the point of the pencil, and...   May 9 2006, 06:14 PM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (Fire Hawk) Right, you write with the point ...   May 11 2006, 11:41 AM
- - Witness   QUOTE (Cray74)Not exactly. Carbon nanotubes' p...   May 11 2006, 11:59 AM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (Witness)But if memory serves, isn't it ...   May 11 2006, 04:46 PM
- - Witness   QUOTE (Cray74)The end result would be the same. Th...   May 11 2006, 04:56 PM
- - Shrike30   I've heard a concept for an elevator type I be...   May 11 2006, 07:52 PM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (Witness)I still feel you could arrange the ...   May 11 2006, 11:38 PM
- - Witness   QUOTE (Cray74)It's an engineering consideratio...   May 12 2006, 08:37 AM
- - Laser   If you're sufficiently far from the poles, tha...   May 12 2006, 08:44 AM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (Witness) So solar wind and the Van Allen be...   May 12 2006, 11:34 AM
- - Witness   Looks like they can be conductive, dependent on ra...   May 12 2006, 01:44 PM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (Witness) EDIT: Graphite's actually pret...   May 12 2006, 02:05 PM
- - El_Machinae   Lift-port is looking for people will to donate the...   May 12 2006, 05:42 PM
- - SL James   So, I was just watching TV when lo and behold I he...   May 13 2006, 01:47 AM
- - JongWK   Did you see the model for the spaceport? If you l...   May 13 2006, 02:09 PM
- - John Campbell   If supervillainy is what it takes to conquer space...   May 13 2006, 04:33 PM
- - El_Machinae   I often wonder what the 'common man' can d...   May 15 2006, 06:44 PM
- - SL James   Convince Congress to pressure NASA to speed up the...   May 15 2006, 08:50 PM
- - Bodak   NASA? Why the americans? Russians have beaten them...   May 16 2006, 06:14 PM
- - SL James   Why? Because the U.S. has been subsidizing the Ru...   May 16 2006, 06:20 PM
- - Bodak   If the tree bears fruit, water it more.   May 16 2006, 08:52 PM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (SL James) Why? Because the U.S. has been s...   May 17 2006, 02:22 AM
- - SL James   I'm saying invest in the spaceports you have.   May 17 2006, 04:30 AM
- - Muskie   1: grab an asteroid (how is beyond me and up to th...   May 17 2006, 05:49 AM
- - SL James   QUOTE 3: ... 3. Then a miracle occurs.   May 17 2006, 06:57 AM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (SL James)I'm saying invest in the space...   May 17 2006, 11:37 AM
- - Shrike30   I think the implication is that the Russians have ...   May 17 2006, 06:12 PM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (Shrike30) I think the implication is that t...   May 18 2006, 11:16 AM
- - Laser   QUOTE (Muskie @ May 17 2006, 12:49 AM) 1: gra...   May 19 2006, 06:20 AM
- - John Campbell   The Earth/Luna/Sol system, you may note, is actual...   May 19 2006, 08:37 PM
- - Cray74   Well, while we're nitpicking on LaGrange knowl...   May 20 2006, 01:56 AM


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