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Plan to Turn Asteroids Into Spaceships Could Spur Off-Earth Mining
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| 06/06/2016
| Mike Wall
Posted on 06/07/2016 6:58:07 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
06/07/2016 6:58:07 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Interesting name. Any reference to an Arthur C Clarke novel?
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posted on
06/07/2016 7:04:26 AM PDT
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Fred Hayek
(The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/07/2016 7:04:35 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Nation States seem to be ending. The follow-on should not be Globalism, but Localism.)
To: BenLurkin
.. the Seed Craft would harvest material from the space rocks, then use this feedstock to construct propulsion, navigation, energy-storage and other key systems onsite ..
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06/07/2016 7:04:52 AM PDT
by
Byron_the_Aussie
(We cannot allow Hillary Clinton to become the next Angela Merkel)
To: BenLurkin
Molecular nano-printing would allow a small craft to land on an asteroid and then convert it into a machine from raw materials already within the asteroid. Perhaps even propelled by some type of nuclear energy harvested from the rock.
The key is to prevent the machines from going out of control and building themselves non-stop...
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06/07/2016 7:07:21 AM PDT
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varyouga
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/07/2016 7:11:14 AM PDT
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treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: BenLurkin
45 years in aerospace....
No way this is economical.
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posted on
06/07/2016 7:11:55 AM PDT
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G Larry
(Avoiding the Truth-Hillary's only expertise)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/07/2016 7:13:06 AM PDT
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treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: treetopsandroofs
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posted on
06/07/2016 7:13:48 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: treetopsandroofs
“This Island Earth”.
Love that movie.
But NOBODY in the movie noticed the YUUUGE heads on those guys?
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posted on
06/07/2016 7:14:06 AM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/07/2016 7:14:53 AM PDT
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treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: BenLurkin
The key is to prevent the machines from going out of control and building themselves non-stop... The problem I see with turning an asteroid in to a robotic space craft is either unintentionally or intentionally turning the asteroid in to a kinetic energy weapon.
An automated robotic asteroid space craft could be hacked by terrorist and targeted at a city. Millions of deaths from space.
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06/07/2016 7:16:07 AM PDT
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Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: Fred Hayek
Interesting name. Any reference to an Arthur C Clarke novel?
That's what I assume - there are plenty of better and more descriptive names if they weren't trying to give a nod to the novel (a terrific book, btw).
To: SJSAMPLE
“But NOBODY in the movie noticed the YUUUGE heads on those guys?”
The Professor certainly should have, but he paid.
Have you read the book?
Worth the read, even fully explains the title within the context of American history.
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06/07/2016 7:17:50 AM PDT
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treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: BenLurkin
What someone needs to do is put a great big giant 3D printer in space. Then they can have the 3D printer print out a great big giant asteroid. Then they can mine the asteroid they created.
This will generate a lot of money and create a lot of jobs.
To: BenLurkin
To hell with mining it... live in it to escape the socialist utopia of the future retarded earth...
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06/07/2016 7:20:51 AM PDT
by
GraceG
(Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
To: BenLurkin
Love this kinda stuff ... and it will happen one day. For anyone interested in the SciFi version, and it is very well done BTW, check out The Expanse. One of the best TV shows in a long time and, believe it or not it’s on the SyFy Channel. All about the feud between Earth and Mars and the miners in the Asteroid Belt. Really great stuff. You may watch it online, free of charge, if you wanna get a feel for the show. It’s fantastic TV. http://www.syfy.com/theexpanse
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posted on
06/07/2016 7:35:48 AM PDT
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JRPerry
To: treetopsandroofs
I have not.
I’ll look for it out there.
thx.
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06/07/2016 7:58:02 AM PDT
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SJSAMPLE
To: who_would_fardels_bear
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posted on
06/07/2016 8:02:43 AM PDT
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SJSAMPLE
To: Fred Hayek
Any reference to an Arthur C Clarke novel? Possibly, but they should have called it Troy after the two trillion ton nickel-iron battlestation created from an Asteroid in John Ringo's Troy Rising series of books.
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posted on
06/07/2016 8:09:54 AM PDT
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Malsua
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