Michael Wallis wrote: >Mine and process the minerals >on site and send back the refined metal. > Benefication at the asteroid is very a good idea, and you'd end up with small fragments from that I'd bet anyway.
Exactly what you want to do where depends on delta-v and how much you're mining, whether there's any fuel at the asteroid, launch windows etc. etc. >As a customer, I don't my order for steel delivered in 100 g >"baggies". > Yes. Melting them in space could be fairly easy, although I'm not sure anyone has looked at it in massive detail. I'm doubting the asteroid has ingots lying around anyway, so it has to be done at some point; probably before giving it to a customer. I'm suggesting this would be best done after returning it to earth orbit or wherever they need it. > I'm not a drug dealer. > So you say, but, your rockets sure get high; someone's been pushing something! >Michael > _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
