Ian Woollard wrote:
> Provided you break it up into small pieces it should be no problem. I don't
> think we could, or should, try to move the whole 100m asteroid as a lump...
> the failure modes would be a huge issue.
You don't want to move the whole rock. Mine and process the minerals
on site and send back the refined metal.
> But it's perfectly possible to turn it into lumps the size of your
> finger and stuff it in a plastic bag.
> I really doubt that would survive reentry- the surface area is too high-
> it would burn up.
> You might get a sonic boom on the ground, but that's all. Even then,
> you'd want to
> control the total mass of each package of course.
As a customer, I don't my order for steel delivered in 100 g
"baggies". I'm not a drug dealer.
Michael
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