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Asteroid Mining: Not as Crazy as it Sounds
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| Christopher Rawluk
Posted on 11/21/2014 7:54:43 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: Cincinatus
That is true, but those are merely problems to be solved. Every advance that we have made had problems that were once insurmountable.
However, once we started to explore the issue, we’ve overcome the problems. I’m not saying it is easy, just doable.
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11/22/2014 1:27:06 AM PST
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Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: Cincinatus
I don’t think Allen, Musk, Branson invest in things they don’t think will eventually pay off big.
Space tourism is just a stepping stone to what they really want to do.
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11/22/2014 1:54:43 AM PST
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Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: Jonty30
Its not ridiculous. They estimate that large asteroids are just chock full of billions of dollars of rare metals that, if broken down and carried back to earth, it would pay for the trip itself.You are forgetting the cost of running preliminary missions over a 15 year period for the purpose of completing the environmental impact statements, then the litigation, and then the cost of reclamation and restoration to original contours.
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11/22/2014 4:40:40 AM PST
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sphinx
To: Axenolith
No, since geology is derived from Greek γε and not Latin terra. The derivation is similar to how the name George is derived from the Greek word for farmer or (literally) earthworker, which is γεοργος.
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11/22/2014 7:45:56 AM PST
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Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
11/22/2014 9:22:00 AM PST
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mikrofon
(Weekend BUMP)
To: mikrofon
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11/22/2014 9:25:45 AM PST
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Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
How can it be geology when that term is specific to planet Earth? Because "astrology" is already taken.
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11/22/2014 9:35:09 AM PST
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PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
To: PapaBear3625
That’s OK since “aster” is Greek for “star”. “Edaphology” (study of soil) is also taken; another possibility is “chomology”, but that might be confused with “cohomology” (unless you spell the latter “co-homology”).
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11/22/2014 9:48:50 AM PST
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Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Obviously the general usage has changed to reflect other solid bodies outside of earth though.
Geology of the Terrestrial Planets
I had that as a textbook in college, oddly enough a friend of Pops over at JPL gave him a copy a year or so before it came out which saved me a chunk of over priced textbook cost!
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11/22/2014 11:05:13 AM PST
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Axenolith
(Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
To: Olog-hai; All
BTW, that’s a free download now, and a good addition to anyone’s reference material.
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11/22/2014 11:06:22 AM PST
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Axenolith
(Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
To: Olog-hai
another possibility is chomology, but that might be confused with “Choomology”. Our president is well versed
in that branch.
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11/22/2014 11:08:21 AM PST
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tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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