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Private asteroid mining? by TB April 19, 2012 3:28 pm
  • More information now at the Planetary Resources website. by TB 2012-04-24 14:21:03
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    • My guess is that it has to with extraterrestrial energy resources, not rocks. by podrock 2012-04-19 21:30:15
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      • Orbiting power satellites might be a good bet. I did a lot of work on this concept years ago, too. ... by TB 2012-04-20 20:59:17
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      • In slightly related news, Scaled Composites (SpaceShip Two, Stratolaunch) is hiring. Sigh...to be twenty again. by TB 2012-04-19 19:50:52
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        • I wonder what minerals they expect to find that will make it economically worthwhile to recover and bring back. ... by ER 2012-04-19 16:49:13
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          • Look at my old "asteroid mining" article. The prices are obsolete (I may update this someday), but the analysis is basically ... by TB 2012-04-19 19:09:42
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            • Your figures are impressive, but you haven't really calculated the total cost per kilo of finding and then moving finished ... by ER 2012-04-19 20:35:40
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              • There are already answers to many of these questions. by TB 2012-04-20 20:49:41
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                • Perhaps your optimism is fueled by your enthusiasm? Or should I say wishful thinking? There is a vast gulf ... by ER 2012-04-21 07:34:45
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                  • I won't deny I am enthusiastic, or even a wishful thinker. by TB 2012-04-21 11:10:20
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                    • Believe me, if they could do it, I'd go to work for them if they'd have me. I'd even ... by ER 2012-04-21 14:08:03
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            • I remember when it was thought that conditions in LEO, particularly zero-G, would allow many industrial processes not possible on ... by ER 2012-04-19 17:17:29
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            Cause of Falcon hypersonic scramjet crash revealed by RobVG April 23, 2012 7:20 am
            • 9 minutes at Mach 20 and then lost signal? It simply outran the signal. by bowser 2012-04-23 12:51:16
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              Today only deal - by TB April 22, 2012 2:10 pm
                IPhone5 made of "liquid metal?" by TB April 20, 2012 10:02 pm
                • AKA "faux plastic". by bowser 2012-04-20 22:09:29
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                  The 3D Lyrid Meteor Shower by johannes April 18, 2012 3:17 pm
                    Auroras in an odd place by Ainz April 13, 2012 6:20 pm
                    • That's usually burning methane gas. Kids do it a lot. by bowser 2012-04-14 21:58:04
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                      • Hand me a mirror, would ya? (n/t) by Robert 2012-04-14 09:01:53
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                        • "My God, it's full of stars!" by TB 2012-04-14 12:37:17
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                          • Aaand TB wins the internet. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-15 02:43:38
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                            • Have to hand it to you... by Robert 2012-04-14 21:38:42
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                          • Uranus is an odd place. It's sideways, chilly, ringed, and there is talk of mining it for it's abundant ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-14 01:35:45
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                            • Of course, any probe to Uranus, would have to be nuclear,...since the sun don't shine there. by Ainz 2012-04-14 03:24:54
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                              • It'd also have to be large enough so we don't lose the thing there. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-14 12:11:47
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                            • I have an ointment for that. by TB 2012-04-13 20:06:19
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                              • Why? by bowser 2012-04-17 18:27:47
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                                • Everybody's laughing, but they shouldn't. Did you know how you could tell if you have too much phosphorus in your system? ... by Jeff-Wash 2012-04-13 20:33:24
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                                  • That's how I find my way home. by Ainz 2012-04-13 21:04:31
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                                    • What, doesn't everybody's? by TB 2012-04-13 20:36:42
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                                  Discovery's last ride by RobVG April 15, 2012 10:28 pm
                                    Here we go again! Another 'artifact' imaged on Mars. by Jeff-Wash April 13, 2012 7:35 pm
                                    • 20 years later: Ground Control, we have discovered life on Mars. I repeat, we have discovered life on Mars. It appears ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-14 01:32:23
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                                      • That is the box the elephant stood on. The only mystery is how it got so far away. by bowser 2012-04-13 20:47:53
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                                        • Bingo! It's probably a flat rectangular rock. Podrock can fill you in on the details. Here's the link: http://www.livescience.com/19636-monolith-mars-2001-space-odyssey.html by Jeff-Wash 2012-04-13 20:25:19
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                                          • A block o' Talus, as the article suggested, would be my first explanation as well. Watch that link, though, it ... by podrock 2012-04-14 05:31:17
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                                          • Another fellow comes to mind too from the old BBS site. He or she went by the username: "Mars Revealer". ... by Jeff-Wash 2012-04-13 19:41:07
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                                            Wind Map of the United States by podrock April 12, 2012 9:13 pm
                                            • Duly bookmarked. That is fun. by bowser 2012-04-13 20:51:00
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                                              Low-tech Panspermia by TB April 11, 2012 5:29 pm
                                              • Panspermia of this type is certainly feasable, and I suspect that if there is any life in our solar system ... by ER 2012-04-11 18:30:18
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                                                • As biology goes, sixty million years ago wasn't that long ago and organisms had pretty established patterns. by TB 2012-04-11 18:48:47
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                                                  • That's exactly my point. Life on Titan or Europa might very well be of earth or Martian origin (or ... by ER 2012-04-11 19:15:57
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                                                    • Makes you wonder how much pours in.... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-11 21:02:08
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                                                      • Life has been on earth for 3 or 4 billion years, I doubt a newcomer who hadn't evolved here could ... by ER 2012-04-11 21:18:38
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                                                        • True... Which makes you wonder of the possibilities. Maybe life is not that different elsewhere in the universe. Maybe ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-11 21:23:40
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                                                Why We're Still Learning the Lessons of the "Titanic." by TB April 11, 2012 12:04 pm
                                                • Maybe the fault lies not in ourselves, but in the stars? by TB 2012-04-11 21:20:11
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                                                  • I loved the Titanic, but it was an empty shell. As the article stated, the lifeboats were few, the ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-11 19:37:56
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                                                    • I'm no metallurgist, but I don't think anyone back then could be blamed for not knowing the properties of steel ... by ER 2012-04-11 21:10:42
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                                                    flying cars; is there a HZ connection? by Jeff-Wash April 9, 2012 3:38 pm
                                                    • My friend ljk wrote me today, and I swapped emails with him. He is not the LarryJ of the ... by ER 2012-04-11 19:17:51
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                                                      • LarryJ's posts were always fascinating. I believe his USAF expertise was in satellite technology. (? it's been a long time) I'm ... by Ainz 2012-04-11 15:10:24
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                                                        • Jeff you've been around awhile if you remember Larry J by RobVG 2012-04-09 18:53:53
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                                                          • Larry didn't make the jump from the Zone That Was to the DamnTikiWiki, so I don't have an e-mail addy ... by podrock 2012-04-09 17:25:59
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                                                            • There used to be a flying car marketed back when I was in high school. It was similar in ... by ER 2012-04-09 16:14:09
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                                                              • I remember seeing cars here like that........ by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-09 17:36:00
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