the really interesting part of it is when people start figuring out ways of getting the materials in just before the big load arrives in orbit. It would be like what happened with tea in the days of the great Tea Clippers. The first few ships to make it in would sell their tea for its weight in gold almost. It could be the same with this.
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > so what you do is you take 10 years to get the rock to its target. > Spread out the costs over that time as well. It could work. > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 2:57 PM, PT <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It depends on where the demand curve and the supply curve meet. They >> are not perfectly inversely proportional. >> >> On 4/27/2012 2:25 PM, Brian Thornton wrote: >>> >>> With that much product now available doesn't this just drop the price >>> since it's a more available product? >>> >>> http://mashable.com/2012/04/26/planetary-resources-asteroid-mining-trillions/ >>> >>> The $8 trillion figure is an estimate based on observations by John S. >>> Lewis, professor of planetary science, author of Mining the Sky: >>> Untold Riches from the Asteroids, Comets, and Planets, and now a >>> consultant to Planetary Resources. He also found 3554 Amun to contain >>> another $8 trillion in iron and nickel, and a mere $6 trillion worth >>> of cobalt. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:350364 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
