[Sorry, hit send too soon] Mike,
one could also consider piggy-backing on the mining of Manganese nodules, but since this idea, where known mineral reserves are mined from the sea-floor, has been shown to be unprofitable. The idea has too many environmental restrictions, and since the taxes on the recovered minerals (yes, international taxes) would be prohibitive, I suspect any meteorites recovered by such a project, or by any other means, would not be worth the cost or effort and would not attract a single investor... Interesting read about Deep Sea Manganese mining here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manganese_nodules -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
