Asteroid mining: Not as crazy as it sounds | ExtremeTech

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by evo_9 • 14 years ago

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islon• 14 years ago

I bet the Koreans will be better than the rest of the world at asteroid mining.

olalonde• 14 years ago

What makes you think that?

mrsebastian• 14 years ago

I think it was a Starcraft joke :P

tzs• 14 years ago

Spacecraft are generally closed, and will likely contain fans for circulation. Won't that be a problem?

89a• 14 years ago

Funniest thing I've read all day

burgerbrain• 14 years ago

Interestingly, fans are particularity important while sleeping in space. Otherwise a pocket of CO2 will form around your head until you wake up gasping.

jleard• 14 years ago

Please save these types of comments for Reddit.

Intermediate2• 14 years ago

I wonder how they going to deal with radiation in space? All these asteroids are not protected by magnetic field as Earth, so they must be radioactive.

astine2• 14 years ago

Probably the same way they've been dealing with it so far. Send robots and shield any sensitive components.

Intermediate2• 14 years ago

What components you are talking about? They are going to mine asteroids, these asteroids are must be radioactive. So any resource taken from that asteroids must be radioactive too.

mikeash• 14 years ago

Only certain types of radiation can activate other materials, and I don't think the sort of radiation you find in space is that type.

InclinedPlane• 14 years ago

Radiation isn't as big a problem if all the mining operations are completely automated, which appears to be their plan.

Also, your assumption that the material of the asteroids themselves must be radioactive is erroneous, that is not the case.

Asteroid mining: Not as crazy as it sounds | ExtremeTech

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