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The US Geological Survey Is Getting Serious About Space Resources and Mining
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| September 4, 2018 07:00am ET
| Leonard David
Posted on 09/04/2018 6:56:54 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: wastedyears
When a space rock is “Burned up”, it doesnt mean it disapeared.
All that mass still comes down to Earth as fine dust
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09/05/2018 4:42:53 AM PDT
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varyouga
To: Windflier; wastedyears
There’s dust that doesn’t burn upon hitting our atmosphere? Is that diamond dust or something? Dust motes from space don't fall to earth with near enough velocity to burn up in our atmosphere. They're almost weightless, individually. Even parts of meteorites that burn up remain in the atmosphere. The mass does not disappear. Gas has mass just like a liquid or solid.
The earth's atmosphere has a lot of mass in it. Much of the vaporized mass would eventually condense or accrete into or on solid objects.
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09/05/2018 6:21:10 AM PDT
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marktwain
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