ETLL ME ABOUT THE ASTEROIDS

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:11, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

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.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:17, Reply)

We should send Bruce Willis

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, 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
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, 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?
(PsychoChomp, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:21, Reply)

Just use a giant "space magnet"
Problem solved
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:23, Reply)

Magnetic raking is actually a good contender for asteroid mining. True fact.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:25, Reply)

whoa cool
and would a magnet pick up nickel or is that just for the iron?
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:41, Reply)

No, they'd have to go BACK for the NICKEL
But thanks for reminding me
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:42, Reply)

you can fuck right off

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:42, Reply)

If they manage, they could be a ROCK star?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:43, Reply)

I'm through with standing in lines to clubs i'll never get in

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:46, Reply)

They are so picky at Oceana's these days aren't they

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:51, Reply)

I FUCKEN LOVE OCEANEA

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, 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.
(PsychoChomp, 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
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, 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.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:49, Reply)

yeah your right i was just trying to be clever

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:58, Reply)

How will they get space to "room temperature"?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:49, Reply)

Bruce WIllis

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:52, Reply)

space woks

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:58, Reply)