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1 posted on 12/01/2021 4:46:19 PM PST by BenLurkin
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Let’s send some dump trucks up there to bring in the ore.


2 posted on 12/01/2021 4:48:27 PM PST by cymbeline
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Nereus will be near us.


3 posted on 12/01/2021 4:50:04 PM PST by DannyTN
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https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=4660&view=VOP

Click the link to see a representation of the orbit.

The article claims it orbits the Sun twice for each orbit of the Earth; I suspect it’s the other way around, given that Nereus’s orbit is entirely outside the orbit of the Earth.


4 posted on 12/01/2021 4:58:48 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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An endangered space thing will be found or made up to stop the operation.


5 posted on 12/01/2021 4:59:35 PM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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What would be mined? The article didn’t mention what mineral or otherwise would be mined.


7 posted on 12/01/2021 5:01:48 PM PST by devane617 (RUN FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE! COUNCIL,SCHOOL BOARD, ETC.)
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There are no asteroids with a composition sufficient to justify a cost/benefit for a mining mission.


10 posted on 12/01/2021 5:19:24 PM PST by G Larry (The "Racism" charge is code for "No Intelligent Argument")
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Once again I have to ask why? I guess I know. Funding for R&D.


11 posted on 12/01/2021 5:21:27 PM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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13 posted on 12/01/2021 5:36:27 PM PST by rfp1234 (Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
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Hadn’t thought about it, but how remarkable it would be to intercept and safely land an object like that. Dibs on the wish bone!


21 posted on 12/01/2021 7:14:42 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew (No nation that sanctions the wholesale slaughter of its unborn citizens is fit to endure.)
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