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Except it will take decades to even start. Just because they can get a small rover up there to drill a few little holes, doesn't mean we can start mining, processing etc. Most mining operations use phenomenal amounts of water. Something the moon doesn;t have in abundant quantites.
 
XRAY said:
Just as space tourism is about to come along, off-planet mining seems to have arrived. After 50 years, space seems to have become exciting again!

http://www.disinfo.com/2011/04/silicon-valley-start-up-plans-to-mine-the-moon/



Pretty cool no? It doesn't stop at the moon either. If this is successful, the commercial interest in space should skyrocket (lol). Apparently, the asteroid 16 Psyche contains 1.7×1019 kg of nickel-iron, several million times the global requirement. Imagine the money at stake, and the technology that'll will come from the race to get at it. *cough*warpdrive*cough* :cool:
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It will take more than just one trip to get all that nick-iron down and if the demand is that low is it really that viable?
 
yea would be really good and no doubt speed up research intot robotics and space propulsion no end.

i fear nasa would be all over it if they thought it was so easy though
 
XRAY said:
Just as space tourism is about to come along, off-planet mining seems to have arrived. After 50 years, space seems to have become exciting again!

http://www.disinfo.com/2011/04/silicon-valley-start-up-plans-to-mine-the-moon/



Pretty cool no? It doesn't stop at the moon either. If this is successful, the commercial interest in space should skyrocket (lol). Apparently, the asteroid 16 Psyche contains 1.7×1019 kg of nickel-iron, several million times the global requirement. Imagine the money at stake, and the technology that'll will come from the race to get at it. *cough*warpdrive*cough* :cool:
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To avoid confusion do you mean 1.7 x 1019kg or 1.7 x 10 to the power 19 kg?

But apart from that it does sound like it could be a very good thing, especially as the moon (And maybe others) are supposedly filled with Helium 3.
 
They will be looking to get some Helium-3 No doubt. As long as they dont try and mine on my acre of the moon i purchased for £15 then i dont mind.
 
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