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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Magnetic raking is actually a good contender for asteroid mining. True fact.(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:25, 1 reply, 13 years ago)
whoa cooland would a magnet pick up nickel or is that just for the iron?
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No, they'd have to go BACK for the NICKELBut thanks for reminding me
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:42,
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If they manage, they could be a ROCK star?(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:43,
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They are so picky at Oceana's these days aren't they(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:51,
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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.
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yeah but nickel is only weakly magnetic at room temperatureso they're gonna need a hella strong magnet
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It's not sitting there as pure nickle, it'll be a mixture of a bunch of Ores clumped togetherwhich 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.
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How will they get space to "room temperature"?(
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