the economics have been worked out in the 70's with the O'Neil colony concept. The big issue is just getting the stuff back here Not just raw materials but things we cannot build under gravity - foamed aluminum or foamed steel for instance.
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > A staple of sci fi for a long time, this new venture has enough > prominent people and money behind it that it might get a go. I'm > really curious how the economics might work out. They address it > briefly but in no great depth. > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/new-venture-aims-to-mine-near-earth-asteroids/2012/04/24/gIQArw6geT_story.html > > Cheers, > Judah > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350236 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
