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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Yeah, and FUCKING ASTEROID MINING
gets fuck all attention.
(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:07, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
might be easier to just change their direction to to hit the earth
add parachutes and aim it towards Siberia
(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:10, Reply)
YOUR GRAVITATIONAL PULL WILL SEE TO THAT YOU FAT FUCK

(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:11, Reply)
must be why your mum is stuck to my cock

(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:13, Reply)
no cos that is tiny

(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:14, Reply)
I don't care if your mum is a primordiol dwarf

(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:17, Reply)
i dunno what primordial means but i reckon she'll have you for that

(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:20, Reply)

https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&cp=12&gs_id=z&xhr=t&q=primordial+dwarfism&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&wrapid=tljp1335187314680022&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=cleVT4ujHrGS0QXA7fjbAQ&biw=976&bih=352&sei=d1eVT9K3B-ad0AXOkeQ1
(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:22, Reply)
ETLL ME ABOUT THE ASTEROIDS

(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:11, Reply)
One asteroid is about 200km across and made of Nickle and Iron.
It's enough Iron to cover current worldwide usage for over a million years.
And it's just sitting there being all smug and unmined.
(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:17, Reply)
We should send Bruce Willis

(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:17, Reply)
so how are they getting to the asteroid and bringing the nickel and iron back?
i did see your link but it was ugly and i didn't want to read it
(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:19, Reply)
They haven't said, they're doing a press thingy tomorrow.
Maybe they've got an idea, maybe they're just setting up a competition like the X prize, who knows?
(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:21, Reply)
Just use a giant "space magnet"
Problem solved
(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:23, Reply)
Magnetic raking is actually a good contender for asteroid mining. True fact.

(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:25, Reply)
whoa cool
and would a magnet pick up nickel or is that just for the iron?
(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:41, Reply)
No, they'd have to go BACK for the NICKEL
But thanks for reminding me
(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:42, Reply)
you can fuck right off

(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:42, Reply)
If they manage, they could be a ROCK star?

(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:43, Reply)
I'm through with standing in lines to clubs i'll never get in

(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:46, Reply)
They are so picky at Oceana's these days aren't they

(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:51, Reply)
I FUCKEN LOVE OCEANEA

(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:57, Reply)
It would pick up the dust and gravel that contains any magnetic metals.
so it would pick up a whole bunch of stuff mixed together but it would have an above average metal content.
(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:43, Reply)
yeah but nickel is only weakly magnetic at room temperature
so they're gonna need a hella strong magnet
(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:46, Reply)
It's not sitting there as pure nickle, it'll be a mixture of a bunch of Ores clumped together
which may or may not be magnetic.

Also you're forgetting that this will be in extremly low gravity, which means you don't need a lot of pull to get them off the surface.
(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:49, Reply)
yeah your right i was just trying to be clever

(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:58, Reply)
How will they get space to "room temperature"?

(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:49, Reply)
Bruce WIllis

(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:52, Reply)
space woks

(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:58, Reply)

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