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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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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.
(, Mon 23 Apr 2012, 14:43, 1 reply, 12 years ago)
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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