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To: Maitre_Z
How many millions of dollars per ton will it cost to lug those (worthless?) rocks back to earth.

Set up a solar powered mass driver and it will be cheap as heck .... the capital investment will be high and take decades to pay off but the actual launches will fall to pennies.

Of course something like that can always become VERY powerful artillery as well.

39 posted on 05/18/2002 10:53:17 PM PDT by Centurion2000
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To: Centurion2000
VERY powerful artillery

It wouldn't be accurate enough to bombard earth successfully, but the Space Command would have to take action if it appears it might be used that way.

41 posted on 05/18/2002 10:57:59 PM PDT by RightWhale
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