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To: Red Badger

Moving it and landing it would probably consume more in energy costs than could be recouped by selling the material - even if it were solid gold.

It does bring up some interesting possibilities though, such as using it as a materials store and construction base to launch missions farther out into the cosmos. Especially if it has high-grade uranium ore that could serve as a localized energy source.

There are some movers and shakers who think we’re on the cusp of a serious space boom. Not sure I buy it.


40 posted on 05/25/2017 11:24:50 AM PDT by Eisenhower Republican (END H1B. REPEAL Obamacare.)
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To: Eisenhower Republican

I thought the same thing 5 years ago, and at the time I was working with a NASA research agency and had contact with a lot of space people. Was supposed to be right around the corner, but still nothing, relatively speaking. They were going to build a spaceport near Houston, nothing seems to have come of that. Something’s holding it up. Maybe it was osamabama.


49 posted on 05/25/2017 11:37:13 AM PDT by ichabod1 (I call Obama "osama" because he damaged us far more than Osama bin Ladin ever did.)
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To: Eisenhower Republican

Platinum group metals, or perhaps water will be most valuable. Some web comments recently discussed Saudi Arabia seeking a move into water as the new oil of space development.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-23/space-the-final-frontier-seen-for-earth-s-crude-oil-giants

https://www.tsfa.co/single-post/2017/05/19/Mining-Space-The-Final-Frontier


61 posted on 05/25/2017 11:57:17 AM PDT by Ozark Tom
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