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A question about asteroid rocks.
Posted on 04/15/2019 9:56:16 PM PDT by Jonty30
If I broke up an asteroid, for its precious metals, is asteroid rock good for anything, compared with earth rock?
Would it make great cement or anything like that?
TOPICS: Astronomy; Business/Economy; Education; Reference; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; science
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posted on
04/15/2019 9:56:16 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
To: Jonty30
Decades ago, I watched a tv show about some guy making a living in an ultralight flying over the deserts of Arizona, finding meteor impact areas and selling them for a pretty penny.
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posted on
04/15/2019 9:59:52 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
To: Jonty30
Any mass in orbit is valuable.
It can be used for building materials, shielding, may produce oxygen or hydrogen for fuel, or could be used for reaction mass or for projectile weapons.
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posted on
04/15/2019 10:03:16 PM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: Jonty30
I suppose it would depend on what it is composed of.
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posted on
04/15/2019 10:03:39 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(If you want a definition of "bullying" just watch the Democrats in the Senate)
To: Jonty30
What are meteorites worth Meteorites are quite valuable, worth as much as $1,000 per gram, according to the LiveScience website. Kellyco Metal Detectors posted on eBay that it can sell for $300 per gram or more — meaning 1 pound could be worth $1 million. "Meteorites are rarer than gold, platinum, diamonds or emeralds.
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posted on
04/15/2019 10:04:05 PM PDT
by
Robert DeLong
(<b>during the Libyan civil war, these guys manage to come back with bags of money from Qadaffi?</b>)
To: Jonty30
You kill the value of the rock first of all. Go on eBay. People pay big money for asteroids. But the metal composition is essentially the same, u less it’s something unknown to earth.
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posted on
04/15/2019 10:07:10 PM PDT
by
Bommer
(Help 2ndDivisionVet - https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&term=married-recent-amputecan')
To: Robert DeLong
I don’t know why people would pay that much, unless there is some way to use the material.
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posted on
04/15/2019 10:09:10 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cultsther)
To: Jonty30
Anything that survives entry is pretty well baked.
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posted on
04/15/2019 10:09:13 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(My tagline ran off with another man.)
To: Jonty30
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posted on
04/15/2019 10:09:34 PM PDT
by
Robert DeLong
(<b>during the Libyan civil war, these guys manage to come back with bags of money from Qadaffi?</b>)
To: Jonty30
Because they are rare, period. Most anything rare is valuable, to someone. 8>)
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posted on
04/15/2019 10:10:58 PM PDT
by
Robert DeLong
(<b>during the Libyan civil war, these guys manage to come back with bags of money from Qadaffi?</b>)
To: Jonty30
I’m guessing that it’s because an asteroid floating through space for who knows how many miles and centuries is liable to have something interesting impacted into it, and the scientists who discover it would be famous.
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posted on
04/15/2019 10:13:41 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
To: Jonty30
You’ve never seen that Stephen King movie, have you?
o.O
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posted on
04/15/2019 10:23:44 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Death makes angels of us all, and give us wings where we once had shoulders, smooth as ravens' claws)
To: Salamander
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posted on
04/15/2019 10:27:04 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
To: Robert DeLong
Considering that they’re primarily nickel-iron, that’s kinda funny.
CC
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posted on
04/15/2019 10:29:37 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV)
To: RandallFlagg
The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill from Creepshow.
He touched the meteor stuff...
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posted on
04/15/2019 10:41:07 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Death makes angels of us all, and give us wings where we once had shoulders, smooth as ravens' claws)
To: Salamander
Ah! Forgot about that one.
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posted on
04/15/2019 10:43:05 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
To: Jonty30
With the Kryptonite in it, you can make Superman your bitch. So, that’s gotta be worth something.
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posted on
04/15/2019 11:10:42 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
To: Jonty30
Cement on Earth has become so advanced they don’t even make tall buildings with a steel frame anymore.
To: Berlin_Freeper
That tears it. In addition to never flying again, I’m never going higher than the second floor in a building.
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posted on
04/15/2019 11:43:33 PM PDT
by
sparklite2
(Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
To: Jonty30
I’m not sure you understand just how valuable water is, off Earth. No way you’d ever use it for something like cement.
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posted on
04/15/2019 11:44:46 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(The Clinton Coup attempt was a worse attack on the USA than was 9/11)
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