[KevinDavis]

This is what the Government of the United States should be encouraging.. Not bailing out the auto industry, not bailing the banks and so on. Also the Government of the United States should be giving money to companies say like Solyandra..

[KevinDavis]

[Kenny Bunk]

Another teen-age Heinlein Reader Busted!

Me, too!

[Reily]

You mean should NOT be giving money to companies say like Solyandra..

[cripplecreek]

As I mentioned yesterday. The first sentence of Forward’s Saturn Rukh.

“Got a job for you, pays a billion.”

[bmwcyle]

Will it be a new reality show?

[C210N]

Based on his name, I figure he'd be going after asteroid diamonds. But, on further reflection (ie, that would have required some carbon-based life forms to have existed on said asteroid), he's probably more after dilithium crystals. I think I know what he spent the bulk of his childhood years - in front of the TV set...

[baddog 219]

Let me get this straight.... Mining an asteroid is easy, but moon base is not.....Oh that's right, NASA scientist said the aliens told us to stay off the moon...(true story)

[silverleaf]

the gold should be distributed among all mankind to make reparations for slavery

Algor, Bll Clinton and Al Sharpton can maange the funds to make sure everyone gets their fair share and the whole world has renewable energy

asteroids could not be mined if it wasn’t for exploiting the slaves...

sarc

[cripplecreek]

We the bronze age bitter clinger's society demand you cease and desist this devil's work, post haste.

[bunkerhill7]

NASA gets the shaft.
Peter drills a shaft.

[onedoug]

I’d like to salvage orbital junk, but the fuel costs and logistics seem prohibitive.

[camle]

the jupiter mining corporation?

[bgill]

I'm surprised someone hasn't tried to mine satellites.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

There is a lot of potential here. Just one known asteroid, that NASA has already landed a probe on, called “433 Eros”, which is about 34.5km x 11km x 11km, is believed to have more precious metals in it, especially platinum group metals, than exist in the entire crust of the Earth.

To put that in perspective, on Earth, “platinum ore” has something between 4-6 parts per million of platinum in it. Non-platinum ore, that is, most all other rock, has maybe 1-2 parts per million. It is so rare that typically, the dust on the side of highways is reclaimed, because it has almost as many molecules of platinum group metals, from catalytic converters in cars, as does platinum ore.

At last check, platinum is selling for $1,577/troy ounce. While unusually worth less than gold right now, at $1,642/troy ounce, you can see why mining asteroids to get several tons of each every few months, is becoming far more reasonable.

[dfwgator]

"Get your ass to Mars.....Get your ass to Mars.....Get your ass to Mars....."

[Leep]

I heard the moon is made of green cheese? I think I heard it was on MSNBC.

[devolve]

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Obama’s wonderful algae based jet fuel is a bargain at only $4000/gallon now

Ain’t Green Energy science grand?

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[Jack Hydrazine]

The Left in this country is NOT going to let mankind go into space if they can help it.