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To: from occupied ga
Asteroids are rocks, not chunks of metal waiting to be processed

Er no... There are lots of iron meteors out there. Here are a few that have impacted the earth:

(g)EUlogy to geology

Largest iron meteorites found on Earth not have craters?

Ambassador Greg Shanos and iron meteorite at McDonald Observatory.

28 posted on 08/25/2011 11:07:14 AM PDT by Freeport (The proper application of high explosives will remove all obstacles.)
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To: Freeport
Er no... There are lots of iron meteors out there.

Er no yourself. more meteorites are mostly iron because the carbonaceous chontrites (rocks) don't survive the journey through the atmosphere very well.

Being generous here say 10% of all asteroids are solid nickel iron. A. nickel and iron aren't all that valuable and B. What do you do with them once you get them into orbit assuming that they don't come crashing down and flatten the odd city?

You can make structural steel out of them. ANy idea how much mass a steel fabricating plant plant represents?

38 posted on 08/25/2011 12:12:55 PM PDT by from occupied ga (your own government is your most dangerous enemy)
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